General Awareness

Color Theory and Symbolism

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Color theory and symbolism examine primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, alongside their psychological and cultural meanings. Questions also cover color spaces, photography, and optical properties. This specialized topic appears in design, architecture, and general intelligence sections of various competitive exams.

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Color Theory and Symbolism Questions

Multiple choice physics light and shadow substances which allow light to pass through and those which do not transparent, opaque and translucent objects shadows

An object looks red when seen through a piece of red glass. What is the actual colour of the object ?

  1. Red

  2. White

  3. Red or green

  4. Black

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

An object looks red when seen through apiece of red glass, hence the color of object is red as it doesn't matter what color the glass is as the refractive index of the medium is constant, hence the object will look of its original color.

Multiple choice physics light and shadow substances which allow light to pass through and those which do not transparent, opaque and translucent objects shadows

A cyan colour light ray is passed through a blue filter. What is the colour of the light which comes out through the filter?

  1. Green

  2. Cyan

  3. Yellow

  4. Blue

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The color of light coming through a filter is specific to the filter.for example blue filter will allow only blue rays to pass through it.

Multiple choice physics light and shadow substances which allow light to pass through and those which do not transparent, opaque and translucent objects shadows

What is the colour of a green leaf, when white light passing through a yellow filter is incident on it?

  1. Black

  2. Blue

  3. Yellow

  4. Green

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Color of an object visible to us is independent of the color of light incident on it. Hence a green leaf will look green even if yellow light is incident on it.

Multiple choice civics road safety rules and regulations road safety education general awareness road safety

What are the colours of road marking?

  1. White

  2. Yellow

  3. Alternate Black & White

  4. All above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Specific colours are used for road markings-
I) White for all carriageway makings except for parking restrictions.
II) Yellow for parking restrictions and continuous centre or barrier line.
III) Alternate Black & White for kerb and object makings.

Multiple choice civics road safety rules and regulations road safety education general awareness road safety

Which color combinations are used as signal lights?

  1. Pink, Red, Blue

  2. Blue, Black, White

  3. Red, Green, Yellow

  4. None of above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Red, Green, Yellow color combinations are used as signal lights. Red as the color for stop, it is thought, because red has for centuries been used to indicate danger. For the other colors, they chose green as the color for go and yellow as the color for caution.

Multiple choice geography human occupations primary economic activities population of india population

People working in quarternary activities are called _____ collar workers.

  1. Red

  2. Pink

  3. White

  4. Blue

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • Quaternary services represent a special type of service work focussing on professional and administrative services. These activities include financial and health services, information processing, teaching and government services, and entertainment services. Almost all activity related to quaternary services takes place in the office building environments or specialized environments like those provided by schools, hospitals, hotels, theatres, etc. People engaged in these activities are called white-collar workers.
Multiple choice common laboratory equipments common laboratory apparatus and equipments laboratory equipments know about some common gases chemistry

If you keep red coloured marbles in a blue coloured vase made of glass then the colour of red coloured marbles will appear

  1. Blue

  2. Red

  3. Black

  4. White

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

When red coloured marbles are put inside the blue coloured vase, it will appear black because when light is incident on blue coloured vase which is transparent (Glass), it absorbs all the colours of white light except blue, and when blue colour tight incident on red marbles It will absorb blue colour and no light will be emitted by it. So it will appear black.


Multiple choice physics spectra sunlight - white and coloured sunlight - combination of 7 lights fibre optics basics

Which of the following are Primary pigments ?

  1. Yellow, green, magenta

  2. Magenta, yellow, cyan

  3. Blue, green, yellow

  4. Blue, green, violet

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The primary colors of pigment are used when producing colors from reflected light; for example, when mixing paint or using a color printer. The primary colors of pigment are Magenta, Yellow, and Cyan. 

Hence, the correct answer is OPTION B.