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Color IQ - Advanced Level
For Artists with advanced skills in painting.

1. What is a tetrad color scheme?

a. Four colors with at least one color separating one from another on the color wheel b. Four adjacent colors on the color wheel c. Four shades of one color on the color wheel d.The dominant color and the four colors adjacent to it on the color wheel

2. What are Receding Colors?

a. Background colors b. Cool colors such as greens and blues. c. Colors that don’t show up well from a distance. d. Fugitive colors

3. When shading (adding black) to a color, what color can be added to keep the color fresher?

a. A touch of the complementary color b. A touch of the color above it on the color wheel c. A touch of neutral gray d. A touch of the color below it on the color wheel

4. What color is produced by mixing equal parts of exact opposite colors on the color wheel?

a. Neutral Gray b. Murky Brown c. Black d. Burnt Umber

5. If complementary hues are not the exact opposite, what color is produced?

a. Neutral Gray b. Murky Brown c. Black d. Burnt Umber

6. The warmth or coolness of a color depends on what conditions?

a. What color it is compared with in a group b. The value of the color c. The intensity of the color d. All of the above

7. What color traits produce color perspective?

a. The relationship between a hue and its complement b. Adding secondary colors to two or more pure colors c. The relative warmth and coolness of two or more colors d. All of the above

8. What colors are referred to as subtractive colors?

a. Printed or painted colors b. Colors made up from light sources (televisions and monitors) c. Fugitive colors d. Receding colors

9. What are additive colors?

a. Colors that rely on light to create their color b. Aggressive Colors c. Printed colors d. Fugitive colors

10. What is the CMYK System?

a. A system for identifying color b. A system of producing printed color using just four inks c. A system used to choose color for a specific color scheme d. A system for matching colors

11. Process Printing uses what type of ink?

a. Opaque printing ink b. Pantone colors c. Transparent printing ink d. Permanent ink only

12. What is the Pantone Matching System (PMS)?

a. A color matching system equivalent to Tru-Color Systems (TCS) b. A system that uses custom inks that match charts for identification c. A system that uses charts with CMYK percentages d. All of the above