Color Theory Test

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MCQ - 1

Finish the following sentence. Color is….

A. Only part of the additive color theory.

B. Only part of the subtractive color theory.

C. A perception.

D. A subjective judgment.

Answer C.

MCQ - 2

To create a good black with four-color printing you need to have….

A. Only cyan, magenta and yellow ink.

B. A rich black.

C. Cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink.

D. The correct color space.

Answer C.

MCQ – 3

What three metrics are used to measure neutral gray?

A. Density, RGB, CMYK.

B. Hue, Chroma and Density.

C. You can only use CMYK to measure neutral gray.

D. None of the above

Answer A.

MCQ – 4

Highlight Target values …

A. Are seen by using the Info palette in Photoshop.

B. Are part of Photoshops soft proofing tools.

C. Make exact color matches always possible.

D. Are always the same CMYK values.

Answer A.

MCQ – 5

Highlight and Shadow Target values are determined by?

A. The default values in the Photoshop Color Picker.

B. Trial and error experimentation with different highlight and shadow values when printing a variety of hard copy proofs.

C. Microsoft.

D. How much color correction is applied in Photoshop.

Answer B.

MCQ – 6

Another way of stating that the tone reproduction is set correctly is to say…..

A. That an image is hi-key.

B. That an image is low-key.

C. The image reproduction has the correct contrast.

D. The image reproduction has the correct selective color correction.

Answer C.

MCQ – 7

Neutral gray is the basis for?

A. Setting a highlight in a color image.

B. Setting a shadow in a color image

C Setting midtone gray in a color image.

D. Answer A &B

E. Answer A, B & C.

Answer E.

MCQ – 8

Knowing how to adjust midtones will allow you to control?

A. The Color Picker.

B. Image contrast.

C. The black channel.

D. Image sharpness.

Answer B.

MCQ – 9

A Selective Color Correction tool will allow an end-user to adjust…?

A. Selective color areas like red, green, blue, cyan, magenta and yellow.

B. Only near neutral black areas.

C. Only highlights, midtones and shadows

D. Answers A & B.

Answer A.

MCQ – 10

What is the purpose of UCR and GCR in the color separation process.

A. To make selective color correction work better.

B. To affect only near neutral black areas of printed images.

C. To allow color images to print better.

D. To only save ink.

Answer C.

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