Deck 3: Light and Color

Question 1

Discuss the technique of chiaroscuro when it reached its peak of perfection during the High Renaissance in Italy.

Answer 1

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Question 2

On opposite ends of the value __________are white and black.

A) ​light 
B) ​gray 
C) ​black 
D) ​spectrum 
E) ​red

Answer 2

  D

Question 3

The colors opposite each other on the color wheel are ____________.

A) ​tints 
B) ​analogous 
C) ​warm 
D) ​complementary 
E) ​agitated

Answer 3

  D

Question 4

What served as the precedent of the color wheel?

Question 5

A triangular glass solid that breaks down sunlight or white light into different colors is called a ___________.

A) ​lens 
B) ​kaleidoscope 
C) ​prism 
D) ​oculus 
E) ​crystal

Question 6

Associate any four emotions with a corresponding color.

Question 7

From the Italian for "light-dark," what term is sometimes used in place of the word modeling? 

A) ​Fresco 
B) ​Chiaroscuro 
C) ​Mezzotint 
D) ​Mandala 
E) ​Tempera

Question 8

______________that are achieved by mixing various amounts of black and white are called achromatic.

A) ​monochromatic 
B) ​brown 
C) ​white 
D) ​black 
E) ​grays

Question 9

What inspired Picasso to create his groundbreaking painting known as Les Demoiselles d'Avignon? 

A) ​Heavy machinery 
B) ​African and Iberian art 
C) ​Japanese art 
D) ​Prehistoric cave paintings 
E) ​Nature

Question 10

Value refers to the relative degree of ______________or darkness of a surface or a color.

A) ​hue 
B) ​saturation 
C) ​lightness 
D) ​contrast 
E) ​intensity

Question 11

What is an additive color?

Question 12

___________ creates the illusion of roundness or three dimensionality through the use of light and shadow on a two-dimensional surface.

A) ​Linear perspective 
B) ​Shape 
C) ​Color 
D) ​Value 
E) ​Modeling

Question 13

The brightness or ____________of a color is its saturation.

A) ​hue 
B) ​value 
C) ​dullness 
D) ​intensity 
E) ​color

Question 14

Light against dark or dark against light create visual differences in ___________.

A) ​scale 
B) ​shape 
C) ​hue 
D) ​wavelength 
E) ​value

Question 15

Explain how secondary and tertiary colors are derived from primary colors and how they all function on the color wheel.

Question 16

What is a subtractive color?

Question 17

Discuss the use of expressive value of color is used in Steven Spielberg's film still from Schindler's List.