1. The document discusses color theory concepts including whether color is an abstraction or sensory experience, the three attributes of color, complementary and analogous colors, tints and shades, color subtraction, and the effects of different color grounds. 2. It presents a series of multiple choice questions testing knowledge of these concepts, such as the physiological response that begins color experience, the difference between direct and reflected light, defining terms like "achromatic", and identifying prismatic, chromatic gray, and muted color schemes. 3. The questions cover topics such as identifying figure and ground colors, determining if hue or value subtraction is occurring, and predicting how different color grounds would affect the appearance of colors shown.

1. Color Studies
Mid-term Exam

2. 1. Is color an abstraction/idea,
or is it an actual sensory event?

3. 2. The beginning of every
color experience is a
physiological response to
a stimulus of ___________.

4. 3. As you look at your
computer screen, are you
looking at an example of
direct of reflected light?

5. 4. Name the three
attributes of color:

6. 5. What does the word “achromatic” mean?

7. 6. What are complementary colors?

8. 7. What are analogous colors?

9. 8. What are tertiary colors?

10. 9. What is the difference between a tint and a
shade?

11. 10. In the example above, which color is figure
and which color is ground?

12. 11. What type of ground subtraction is
happening here:
hue or value?

13. 12. What type of ground subtraction is
happening here:
hue or value?

14. A. B.
Chromatic
Gray
13. Which of these two grounds will make this chromatic
gray appear more orange?

15. A. B.
14. Which of these two grounds will make the
green appear darker in value?

16. A. B.
Chromatic
Gray
15. Which of these two grounds will make the
chromatic gray appear to be more saturated?

17. 16. What are all of the colors between the orange
and blue called?

18. A. B. C. D. C. B. A.
17. Assign names to the different saturations
using these terms:
chromatic gray, prismatic, achromatic gray, muted.

19. A. B.
18. Which of the above color schemes is prismatic?

20. 19. Would you call the above composition
chromatic or achromatic gray?

21. A. B. C.
20. If you wanted to make this violet
appear both darker and bluer, which
of the above grounds would you pair
it with?