Photoshop Vocabulary UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
pixels - CORRECT ANSWER - dots that make up an image
hue - CORRECT ANSWER - the color reflected from or transmitted through an object,
expressed as a degree (between 0 and 360) and identified by a color name
saturation - CORRECT ANSWER - (aka "chroma") the strength or purity of the color,
representing the amount of gray in proportion to hue; is measured in a percentage from 0%
(gray) to 100% (fully saturated)
brightness - CORRECT ANSWER - the measurement of a relative lightness or darkness of
a color; measured in a percentage from 0% (black) to 100% (white)
grayscale mode - CORRECT ANSWER - a specialized color mode that uses up to 256
shades of gray, assigning a brightness from 0 black) to 255 (white) to each pixel
foreground color - CORRECT ANSWER - The color applied by painting tools in
Photoshop; Black by default and is used to paint, fill, and apply a border to a selection;
background color - CORRECT ANSWER - Color that is revealed by the Eraser Tool when
it is used on a layer that has transparency locked; It is white by default and is use to make
gradient fills and fill in areas of an image that have been erased
color picker - CORRECT ANSWER - a feature that lets you choose a color from a color
spectrum or numerically to define a custom color
swatches panel - CORRECT ANSWER - a visual display of colors that you can choose
from
, stroke - CORRECT ANSWER - emphasizing an image by placing a border around its
edges
grayscale images - CORRECT ANSWER - can contain up to 256 shades of gray, assigning
brightness value from 0 (black) to 255 (white) to each pixels (2 words)
luminosity - CORRECT ANSWER - the light and dark values within an image when you
convert it from color to grayscale
filters - CORRECT ANSWER - photoshop commands that can significantly alter an
image's appearance
Sharpen filter - CORRECT ANSWER - increases the contrast of adjacent pixels and can
focus a blurry image
Application bar - CORRECT ANSWER - A bar at the top of the workspace that contains
Photoshop's menus and several other commonly-used tools to help you manage your workspace.
Icon - CORRECT ANSWER - A picture or symbol that represents the selected tool.
Menus - CORRECT ANSWER - Lists of commands that are related to each other.
Options bar - CORRECT ANSWER - Located just below the Application bar. When you
click on any tool in the Tools panel, the tool's options (or settings) appear here.
Panels - CORRECT ANSWER - Small windows that contain a variety of related settings.
Main ones used include: Layers, Channels, and History.
Crop - CORRECT ANSWER - To cut off
Questions and CORRECT Answers
pixels - CORRECT ANSWER - dots that make up an image
hue - CORRECT ANSWER - the color reflected from or transmitted through an object,
expressed as a degree (between 0 and 360) and identified by a color name
saturation - CORRECT ANSWER - (aka "chroma") the strength or purity of the color,
representing the amount of gray in proportion to hue; is measured in a percentage from 0%
(gray) to 100% (fully saturated)
brightness - CORRECT ANSWER - the measurement of a relative lightness or darkness of
a color; measured in a percentage from 0% (black) to 100% (white)
grayscale mode - CORRECT ANSWER - a specialized color mode that uses up to 256
shades of gray, assigning a brightness from 0 black) to 255 (white) to each pixel
foreground color - CORRECT ANSWER - The color applied by painting tools in
Photoshop; Black by default and is used to paint, fill, and apply a border to a selection;
background color - CORRECT ANSWER - Color that is revealed by the Eraser Tool when
it is used on a layer that has transparency locked; It is white by default and is use to make
gradient fills and fill in areas of an image that have been erased
color picker - CORRECT ANSWER - a feature that lets you choose a color from a color
spectrum or numerically to define a custom color
swatches panel - CORRECT ANSWER - a visual display of colors that you can choose
from
, stroke - CORRECT ANSWER - emphasizing an image by placing a border around its
edges
grayscale images - CORRECT ANSWER - can contain up to 256 shades of gray, assigning
brightness value from 0 (black) to 255 (white) to each pixels (2 words)
luminosity - CORRECT ANSWER - the light and dark values within an image when you
convert it from color to grayscale
filters - CORRECT ANSWER - photoshop commands that can significantly alter an
image's appearance
Sharpen filter - CORRECT ANSWER - increases the contrast of adjacent pixels and can
focus a blurry image
Application bar - CORRECT ANSWER - A bar at the top of the workspace that contains
Photoshop's menus and several other commonly-used tools to help you manage your workspace.
Icon - CORRECT ANSWER - A picture or symbol that represents the selected tool.
Menus - CORRECT ANSWER - Lists of commands that are related to each other.
Options bar - CORRECT ANSWER - Located just below the Application bar. When you
click on any tool in the Tools panel, the tool's options (or settings) appear here.
Panels - CORRECT ANSWER - Small windows that contain a variety of related settings.
Main ones used include: Layers, Channels, and History.
Crop - CORRECT ANSWER - To cut off
