It's Not All Black and White Trivia Quiz

Answer: Navy

I'm feeling blue today, my brother borrowed my sat /NAV Y/esterday and lost it.

Blue is a primary colour and navy blue, often referred to as simply navy, is a dark shade of blue that was originally called 'marine blue'. Because it was the colour of naval uniforms, the colour became known as 'Navy Blue'.

Answer: Lemon

Plans to build a yellow submarine were given the go ahead after amp/LE MON/ey was donated to the cause.

Yellow is one of the three primary colours in the art world. Named after citrus, the colour lemon resembles the outer skin of the ripe fruit. The colour has been noted in literature since the 16th century and just as the fruit has variations of shade depending on location and season, the colour also has varying shades of brightness and hue.

Answer: Vermillion

When I visit the RED Do/VER MILL, I ON/ly ever buy wholemeal flour.

Red is a primary colour, along with blue and yellow. The shades of red vary due to the position on the spectrum. Vermillion (also vermilion) is toward orange on the spectrum and as such is a brilliant, vivid shade of red. Vermillion is made from ground cinnabar and has been in use since the middle ages. It is found in manuscripts, Chinese lacquer ware, artwork and as a cosmetic in India.

Editor's Note: Only the spelling with a double L is acceptable, as that is what is hidden in the sentence.

Answer: Onyx

Phil was covered in black ink when the ph/ONY X/erox machine malfunctioned.

Black is an achromatic colour and it varies only in lightness, or intensity of the shade. Onyx the stone is a banded chalcedony whose name comes from the Latin for fingernail or claw. While onyx (the stone) can range in colour from red to black, it is the black onyx that lends its name to the colour. Onyx is a dark shade of black similar to jet.

Answer: Forest

With a clear shot to the green, the golfer yelled '/FORE, ST/artling the birds in the trees.

In the art world, green is a secondary colour, made from the mixing of two primary colours- yellow and blue. The darker the shade of green the closer it is to the blue end of the spectrum and vice versa. This shade was named for the colour of trees and plants in a forest and the first known usage was in the early 19th century.

Answer: Silver

When the heavy, grey clouds burst, the sudden downpour made Ba/SIL VER/y wet.

Grey is created when mixing black and white, two achromatic colours. Silver is a type of metallic grey, resembling the colour of real silver. The Latin 'Argent' meaning silver is used in Heraldry and this is where the name for the shade arises.

Answer: Russet

The sea turned brown and murky with the large number of escaping clams when the wal/RUS SET/ off in pursuit of his meal.

Brown is made by mixing a primary colour with its complimentary colour eg red/green , yellow/purple or blue/orange. The primary colours needed to make russet are blue, red and yellow.
Russet is made by mixing slightly more red or yellow into the blue to give it a brighter tint. Russet coloured cloth, dyed with Woad and Madder, was worn by the poor in ancient England.

Answer: Ivory

When he pulled the last white flag out of the ground, the race surv/IVOR Y/elled 'hooray!'

Pure white scatters all light rays and does not absorb any so it is achromatic. Shades of white are actually off-white because they do have some colour, they absorb some amount of chromatic rays, however small.

The colour ivory resembles the colour of elephant and walrus tusks and is named for them. It absorbs some yellow rays, but not enough to be called yellow. In nature, the cymbidium orchid is called ivory.

Answer: Amethyst

The evil wizard summoned a purple fire and intoned 'afl/AME THY ST/eadfast servant and behold thy master'.

Purple is a secondary colour, made when mixing the primary colours of red and blue. The colour of amethyst takes its name from the gem, although the quartz is not only purple. The colour of amethyst is a deep lavender, making it a medium purple, leaning neither towards the red or blue side of the spectrum. The gem has been used in royal jewellery in ancient times and because of this association the colour became known as 'Royal' purple.

Answer: Carrot

After finding orange ears on his pet rabbit, the vi/CAR ROT/ated the hutch so it was facing away from the vegetable garden.

Orange is a secondary colour made by mixing yellow and red. The shade of orange created depends on the ratio of red to yellow. The colour called carrot is a vivid hue that takes its name from the vegetable. Originally the carrot was available in white, purple or yellow and it wasn't until the 17th century an orange hued carrot with higher levels of beta-carotene was developed. It was the same colour as the orange (citrus fruit) and it is this colour that is the most popular carrot today and the one that inspired the colour's name.