CTVA 300 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
The first misconception about color is believing what? - Answers - that sunlight is
normal white light.
The way we see sunlight is as pure light, but our eyes adapt to? - Answers - the color
temperature of light
The sun is actually a very blue light if one were to measure the? - Answers - color
temperature of sunlight.
The Kelvin Scale - Answers - Measures the temperature of light and provides a
numerical value for each color.
Shorter wavelengths have a - Answers - lower temperature
Longer wavelengths have a - Answers - higher temperature
What are additive colors? - Answers - red, green, blue
what are subtractive colors? - Answers - cyan, magenta, yellow
Additive color - mixing light - Answers - red + green + blue = white
RED + BLUE= - Answers - magenta
GREEN+BLUE = - Answers - CYAN
RED+GREEN= - Answers - yellow
When additive primary colors are mixed together equally they produce - Answers -
WHITE light.
______________ colors are cyan & red, green & magenta and blue & yellow. - Answers
- COMPLEMENTARY
PRIMARY COLORS (of the subtractive System) - Answers - MAGENTA, YELLOW and
CYAN
MAGENTA +YELLOW = - Answers - RED
YELLOW+CYAN= - Answers - green
, CYAN+MAGENTA= - Answers - blue
Mixing cyan, magenta and yellow pigments together equally would produce - Answers -
black
A color correction filter for Tungsten balanced film (3200K) to shoot outdoors in daylight
(5600k) an ___ is used. - Answers - 85B (amber) filter is used.
To color correct daylight (5600k) for Tungsten (3200k) a ____ is used. - Answers - blue
filter (80) is used.
This is using the _________ __________ to color correct. - Answers - the subtractive
system
THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF COLOR - Answers - hue, brightness, saturation
HUE - Answers - is the position of a color on the color wheel or a particular shade of a
given color
There are only 8 HUES: - Answers - RED, ORANGE,YELLOW, GREEN, CYAN, BLUE
VIOLET and MAGENTA
BRIGHTNESS - Answers - is the position of a color in relation to the gray scale.
The lightness or darkness of reflected light, determined in large part by the light's
intensity.
SATURATION - Answers - the purity of a HUE (color). Fully saturated means the hue is
very vivid.
A saturated red is a red that has not been tainted by any other hue, it is 100% RED.
Intensity of color
DESATURATION - Answers - involves a saturated hue and its complimentary color.
Complementary colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.
Warm hues are: - Answers - red-magenta, red, orange and yellow
Cool hues are: - Answers - blue-magenta or purple, blue, green, cyan and yellow-green
Warm/Cool - Answers - They are on opposite sides of each other on the color wheel.
Interaction of Color - Answers - Making a color change its appearance requires two
ingredients.
The susceptible color - Answers - this is the color that will appear to change.
ANSWERS
The first misconception about color is believing what? - Answers - that sunlight is
normal white light.
The way we see sunlight is as pure light, but our eyes adapt to? - Answers - the color
temperature of light
The sun is actually a very blue light if one were to measure the? - Answers - color
temperature of sunlight.
The Kelvin Scale - Answers - Measures the temperature of light and provides a
numerical value for each color.
Shorter wavelengths have a - Answers - lower temperature
Longer wavelengths have a - Answers - higher temperature
What are additive colors? - Answers - red, green, blue
what are subtractive colors? - Answers - cyan, magenta, yellow
Additive color - mixing light - Answers - red + green + blue = white
RED + BLUE= - Answers - magenta
GREEN+BLUE = - Answers - CYAN
RED+GREEN= - Answers - yellow
When additive primary colors are mixed together equally they produce - Answers -
WHITE light.
______________ colors are cyan & red, green & magenta and blue & yellow. - Answers
- COMPLEMENTARY
PRIMARY COLORS (of the subtractive System) - Answers - MAGENTA, YELLOW and
CYAN
MAGENTA +YELLOW = - Answers - RED
YELLOW+CYAN= - Answers - green
, CYAN+MAGENTA= - Answers - blue
Mixing cyan, magenta and yellow pigments together equally would produce - Answers -
black
A color correction filter for Tungsten balanced film (3200K) to shoot outdoors in daylight
(5600k) an ___ is used. - Answers - 85B (amber) filter is used.
To color correct daylight (5600k) for Tungsten (3200k) a ____ is used. - Answers - blue
filter (80) is used.
This is using the _________ __________ to color correct. - Answers - the subtractive
system
THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF COLOR - Answers - hue, brightness, saturation
HUE - Answers - is the position of a color on the color wheel or a particular shade of a
given color
There are only 8 HUES: - Answers - RED, ORANGE,YELLOW, GREEN, CYAN, BLUE
VIOLET and MAGENTA
BRIGHTNESS - Answers - is the position of a color in relation to the gray scale.
The lightness or darkness of reflected light, determined in large part by the light's
intensity.
SATURATION - Answers - the purity of a HUE (color). Fully saturated means the hue is
very vivid.
A saturated red is a red that has not been tainted by any other hue, it is 100% RED.
Intensity of color
DESATURATION - Answers - involves a saturated hue and its complimentary color.
Complementary colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.
Warm hues are: - Answers - red-magenta, red, orange and yellow
Cool hues are: - Answers - blue-magenta or purple, blue, green, cyan and yellow-green
Warm/Cool - Answers - They are on opposite sides of each other on the color wheel.
Interaction of Color - Answers - Making a color change its appearance requires two
ingredients.
The susceptible color - Answers - this is the color that will appear to change.
