Color Mixing Quiz
Instructions: Test your knowledge of color theory and mixing!
- 1.
What color do you get when you mix red and blue paint?
AOrangeBGreenCBrownDPurple - 2.
What color do you get when you mix red and yellow paint?
APurpleBGreenCBrownDOrange - 3.
What are the three primary colors in traditional (subtractive) color mixing?
ARed, Green, BlueBRed, Yellow, BlueCCyan, Magenta, YellowDRed, Orange, Yellow - 4.
What color do you get when you mix blue and yellow paint?
ABrownBOrangeCPurpleDGreen - 5.
What happens when you mix all three primary paint colors (red, yellow, blue) together?
ABrown or dark grayBBlackCPurpleDWhite - 6.
In light mixing (additive color), what color do you get when you combine red and green light?
AWhiteBYellowCOrangeDBrown - 7.
What is the complementary color of red on a standard color wheel?
ABlueBOrangeCGreenDYellow - 8.
What color do you get when you mix red and white paint?
ALight redBSalmonCPinkDPeach - 9.
What is the term for adding black to a color to make it darker?
AToneBTintCShadeDHue - 10.
In printing (CMYK), what are the primary colors?
ACyan, Magenta, YellowBRed, Yellow, BlueCRed, Green, BlueDOrange, Green, Purple - 11.
What color results from mixing orange and blue paint in equal amounts?
APurpleBGreenCGrayDBrown - 12.
In additive color mixing (light), what do you get when you combine all three primary colors (red, green, blue) at full intensity?
ABlackBWhiteCBrownDGray - 13.
What is a 'triadic' color scheme?
AThree colors equally spaced on the color wheelBThree warm colors togetherCThree shades of the same colorDThree primary colors only - 14.
What are 'warm' colors typically associated with?
ABlack, white, grayBPink, lavender, cyanCBlue, green, purpleDRed, orange, yellow - 15.
What is 'color value' in art and design?
AThe purity of a colorBHow expensive a pigment isCThe temperature of a colorDThe lightness or darkness of a color