Arts Toolkit: Visual Arts Handout

Multiple-Choice Questions

Painting a Still Life

With young students, make this quiz an oral classroom exercise.

1. A tint of a color is obtained by
   1. adding white to a color to lighten it.
   2. adding gray to a color.
   3. adding black to a color to darken it.
   4. adding a primary color to a secondary color.
   
   
2. A tone of a color is obtained by
   1. adding white to a color to lighten it.
   2. adding gray to a color.
   3. adding black to a color to darken it.
   4. adding a primary color to a secondary color.
   
   
3. A shade of a color is obtained by
   1. adding white to a color to lighten it.
   2. adding gray to a color.
   3. adding black to a color to darken it.
   4. adding a primary color to a secondary color.
   
   
4. The three primary colors are
   1. red, yellow, and blue.
   2. red, orange, and green.
   3. blue, green, and purple.
   4. blue, red, and orange.
   
   
5. Secondary colors are made by
   1. adding white to a hue to lighten it.
   2. mixing any two colors together.
   3. adding black to a hue to darken it.
   4. mixing two of the primary colors together.
   
   
6. A painting that depicts a group of objects that are not moving is called a
   1. portrait.
   2. still life.
   3. landscape.
   4. self-portrait.

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