Deck 8: Recoloring Artwork and Working With Transparency, Effects, and Graphic Styles

Question 1

It is not possible that the artwork in the above figure is a single object.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

At 50% opacity, an object is always semi-transparent.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

When you apply a style to a layer, all objects on the layer take on the style's attributes.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Blending modes vary the way that the colors of objects blend with the colors of underlying objects when they overlap.

Question 5

A hue is said to be pure when it has the highest value of both saturation and brightness.

Question 6

When the Opacity slider is at 100%, the selected object is completely transparent.

Question 7

In the Color Picker, hues are modified by their saturation and brightness values.

Question 8

A total of 360 fill colors can be specified in the Color Picker.

Question 9

At 100% opacity, when an object covers another object, the top object is invisible.

Question 10

If you select an object and then choose a harmony rule in the Color Guide, the selected object will change to the base color of the harmony rule.

Question 11

The color of a tomato and the color of a cranberry could be accurately described as similar in both hue and saturation.

Question 12

The Hue text box always represents the corresponding color on the vertical color slider.

Question 13

Blending modes are best learned through experimentation.

Question 14

When two styles are merged, the new style will contain all of the attributes of the two original styles.

Question 15

You can create and save a set of appearance attributes in the Graphic Styles panel.

Question 16

When you apply a style to an object which already has a style applied to it, the object will then contain the attributes of both styles.

Question 17

When you move the sliders along the vertical color slider in the Color Picker, the number in the Hue text box changes.

Question 18

If you apply effects to an object and then activate the New Art Has Basic Appearance menu command in the Appearance panel, the next object you draw will possess all the same effects as the previous object you drew.

Question 19

In the Color Picker, the concept of a color wheel is represented by a round object filled with a rainbow.

Question 20

At 50% opacity, an object's color is always lighter.

Question 21

Using the Appearance panel, it is possible to duplicate an object's fill.

Question 22

By default, Illustrator objects are opaque when they are created.

Question 23

Blending modes are preset filters.

Question 24

You can, at any time, modify an effect that you have already applied.You can even delete it.

Question 25

The above figure shows a circle with fill over a black and white and gray checkerboard.When you apply the Multiply blending mode to the circle, which of the following is true?

A)parts of the circle won't change color
B)parts of the circle will appear orange
C)parts of the circle will be invisible
D)parts of the circle will become locked

Question 26

A Brightness value of 0% always produces a purely white object.

Question 27

One benefit of working with effects is that they allow you to modify some of the work you've already performed without having to undo all of your work.

Question 28

Reducing opacity causes objects to appear translucent.

Question 29

In the above figure, when you apply the Multiply blending mode to the circle, which of the following is true?

A)parts of the circle will be lighter
B)parts of the circle will be darker
C)parts of the circle will be opaque
D)parts of the circle will become locked

Question 30

When you work with effects, all of your actions are recorded and listed in the Transform panel.

Question 31

The six circles in the Recolor Artwork dialog box represent the six colors for the loaded harmony rule, and are called color stops.

Question 32

The Appearance panel provides a useful record of what you've done to create an illustration.

Question 33

Whenever you click a swatch in the Swatches panel or a color in the Color panel, that color automatically becomes the base color for the current harmony rule in the Color Guide panel.

Question 34

When two colored objects overlap and the Multiply blending mode is activated, the overlapped area is always darker.

Question 35

Blending modes are chosen in which panel?

A)the Opacity panel
B)the Appearance panel
C)the Transparency panel
D)the Effects panel

Question 36

If you use the Direct Selection tool to select a single object within a set of grouped objects, you can apply a style to that object without it being applied to the other objects in the group.

Question 37

It is not possible that the artwork in the above figure can be saved as a style because the artwork is obviously more than one object.

Question 38

The Multiply blending mode can be used to reproduce real-world color situations.

Question 39

A style can be created from a single set of appearance attributes only.

Question 40

To create a new style, you can select an object and then drag it into the Graphic Styles panel.

Question 41

When you use ____ mode, the selected objects appear in full color, while all the remaining objects on the art board are dimmed and unable to be selected.

A)blending
B)lock
C)isolation
D)recolor artwork

Question 42

When you select an object on the artboard then choose a harmony rule in the Color Guide, the Color Guide loads a group of swatches, called ____.

A)Tints
B)Variations
C)Spot colors
D)None of the above

Question 43

Which of the following is true about blending modes?

A)Blending mode does not affect the color of overlapping objects.
B)You cannot determine the intensity of a blending mode.
C)Blending mode is straight forward and easy to use.
D)You use blending mode when you want to revert everything to outlines.

Question 44

The ____________________ panel functions as a record of the work you've done to create an illustration.

Question 45

The Opacity slider measures opacity in ____________________.

Question 46

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.

The figure above shows the ____________________ dialog box.

Question 47

In the ____________________, the large square color field represents only one hue.

Question 48

Which of the following operations cannot be applied as effects?

A)distortions
B)transformations
C)path offsets
D)corner points

Question 49

Dragging the Opacity slider always does which of the following?

A)changes the opacity of a selected object
B)makes an object transparent
C)changes the blending mode
D)changes the hue

Question 50

For which of the following would you most likely not modify opacity?

A)a face behind a veil
B)clouds in a blue sky
C)a tinted goldfish bowl
D)a racetrack

Question 51

You use the ____________________ to specify new colors to be used for fills and strokes.

Question 52

What is the easiest way to access the Color Picker?

A)click "Color" on the Window menu
B)click 'Swatches' on the Window menu
C)double-click the Fill button on the Tools panel
D)double-click any object with a fill color

Question 53

The ____ is the color itself.

A)blending mode
B)saturation
C)color tool
D)hue

Question 54

By default, objects in Illustrator are created with ____ opacity.

A)0%
B)50%
C)75%
D)100%

Question 55

Colors with a high ____________________ value are more vivid.

Question 56

Reducing opacity causes objects to appear ____________________.

Question 57

Styles can include all but which of the following?

A)effects
B)fills
C)blending modes
D)anchor points

Question 58

Which panel allows you to control the opacity of a selected object?

A)Opacity panel
B)Appearance panel
C)Transparency panel
D)Effects panel

Question 59

If you were told that the outer circle in the above figure was created with an effect, which effect would you guess that to be?

A)Outline Stroke
B)Offset Path
C)Free Distort
D)not enough information supplied

Question 60

Arguably, ____________________ is one of the most essential blending modes.

Question 61

The Recolor Artwork dialog box is divided into two parts named ____________________ and ____________________

Question 62

Define saturation, giving an example.

Question 63

Explain why the Hue text box in the Color Picker has a degree symbol beside it.

Question 64

Which represents a higher saturation of red, a tomato or a cranberry?

Question 65

Define a hue.

Question 66

You can control the opacity of an object with the ____________________ panel.

Question 67

What does HSB stand for?

Question 68

How do harmony rules in the Color Guide panel help when creating an illustration?

Question 69

Using the Multiply blending mode, when an object with any fill color overlaps a white object, the overlapped area is always what?

Question 70

Explain what happens when you select an object that has effects applied to it, and then you click the Reduce to Basic Appearance menu command on the Appearance panel.

Question 71

In the Color Picker, what is the highest degree of brightness?
Case Based Critical Thinking
Case 1
Mark's department has taken on a project that involves a great deal of color management.The client wants Mark's team to design a series of illustrations and present them with various color combinations.Also, many of the color illustrations will be re-purposed as two-color illustrations for a series of newsletters.

Question 72

The Recolor Artwork dialog box is divided into two parts: Assign and Edit.How would you explain these terms based on how each functions.

Question 73

Describe a color that has zero as its saturation value.

Question 74

Define graphic styles as they are used in Illustrator.

Question 75

Using the Multiply blending mode, when an object overlaps a black object, the overlapped area is always what color?

Question 76

Many of the graphics in the project are abstract designs that Mark's team is creating from scratch and will present to the client for feedback or, hopefully, approval.Mark tells his team that it's important that they create the graphics using effects.Why?

Question 77

Many of the illustrations in the project will involve transparency effects.In one, the blue leaves of a tall tree cast a green shadow over purple water in the swimming pool.Mark draws the shadow in Illustrator using the Pen tool, fills it with Green, then applies which blending mode?

Question 78

To create a new style, you can drag a thumbnail from the Appearance panel into the ____________________ panel.

Question 79

Why are the colors along the left edge of the large color field in the Color Picker only shades of gray?

Question 80

How can you change the order of attributes in the Appearance panel?
Case Based Critical Thinking
Case 1
Mark's department has taken on a project that involves a great deal of color management.The client wants Mark's team to design a series of illustrations and present them with various color combinations.Also, many of the color illustrations will be re-purposed as two-color illustrations for a series of newsletters.