FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Random Art Trivia Quiz

This is a good beginner test... very easy... mostly on color mixing!

A multiple-choice quiz by Art_Gurl. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Art_Gurl

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
203,371

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
1931

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What are the three primary colors when considering paints? Hint

Yellow, Orange, Blue

Yellow, Blue, Red

Orange, Red, Green

Grey, Black, White

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. What are the six tertiary colors? Hint

Yellow, Orange, Red, Violet, Blue, Green

Green-yellow, Green-blue, Violet-blue, Violet-red, Orange-red, Orange-yellow

Red-violet, Orange, Orange-red, Blue, Green, Blue-green

Yellow-green, Blue-green, Blue-violet, Red-Violet, Red-orange, Yellow-orange

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. What is/are the secondary color(s)? Hint

Blue

Orange, Violet, Green

Red, Violet, Orange

Blue, Grey, Black

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. How do you make neutral grey? Hint

Mix black and white

Buy grey at the store and that's neutral grey

Take as many colors as you want until it turns grey

You can't make grey... it's physically impossible

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these is a group of cool colors? Hint

Green, Blue, Violet

Red, Blue, Green

Red, Orange, Yellow

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these are considered warm colors? Hint

Yellow, Orange, Red

Green, Blue, Violet

Blue, Red, Green

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. No matter how hard you try, you can't mix different paint to make white.

True

False

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. How many colors are on a basic painter's color wheel? Hint

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. Sir Isaac Newton developed the first circular diagram of colors in 1666.

True

False

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. When you mix pigments that are complementary colors, what color do you get? Hint

Blue

Red

Green

Brown

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What are the three primary colors when considering paints?

Answer: Yellow, Blue, Red

These three colors can be combined to form all the other colors except white.

2. What are the six tertiary colors?

Answer: Yellow-green, Blue-green, Blue-violet, Red-Violet, Red-orange, Yellow-orange

You form these colors by mixing one primary color and one secondary color together. The secondary color must be one that was made using the same primary color. Orange and yellow gives yellow-orange, orange and red gives red-orange, orange and green gives brown (as you have effectively mixed all three primary colors together).

3. What is/are the secondary color(s)?

Answer: Orange, Violet, Green

These are the colors formed by mixing the primary colors.

4. How do you make neutral grey?

Answer: Mix black and white

In art, black is used to darken any color mostly. White is used to lighten any color. When you mix them, you get various shades of grey.

5. Which of these is a group of cool colors?

Answer: Green, Blue, Violet

Cool colors tend to have a calming effect.

6. Which of these are considered warm colors?

Answer: Yellow, Orange, Red

Warm colors tend to have a warming up feeling.

7. No matter how hard you try, you can't mix different paint to make white.

Answer: True

White (in paints) is made by a substance that reflects all colors of the spectrum equally. The other colors absorb all except the color you see, which is reflected. When you mix different colors, you get more colors taken out of the reflection - with enough of them, you will end up with a muddy brown color.

8. How many colors are on a basic painter's color wheel?

Answer: 12

There are three primary colors, three secondary colors, and six tertiary colors. There are, of course, many more possible colors, but the color wheel usually only displays these ones.

9. Sir Isaac Newton developed the first circular diagram of colors in 1666.

Answer: True

Sir Isaac Newton developed the first circular diagram of colors, also called the color wheel, in 1666.

10. When you mix pigments that are complementary colors, what color do you get?

Answer: Brown

Complementary colors are any two colors of light which produce white when their colors are mixed; they are said to be complementary colors of each other. When you mix pigments of those two colors, the result appears brown.

Source: Author Art_Gurl

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor agony before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.