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 spectra the electromagnetic spectrum electromagnetic spectrum electromagnetic waves

Name the seven prominent colours of the white light spectrum in order of their increasing frequencies

  1. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red

  2. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

  3. Red, Orange, Violet, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo

  4. Orange, Yellow, Green, Red, Blue, Indigo, Violet
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The range of frequencies from red to violet is 430-790 THz.

Multiple choice physics spectra the electromagnetic spectrum electromagnetic spectrum electromagnetic waves

According to the electromagnetic spectrum. Which of the following is NOT a pure spectral colour?

  1. white

  2. violet

  3. red

  4. blue

  5. yellow
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Electromagnetic spectrum of visible light :     $VIBGYOR$

VIBGYOR stands for Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red.
These are pure spectral colours but not white. Infact, white colour is formed due to  interference of all these 7 colours.

Multiple choice physics spectra the electromagnetic spectrum electromagnetic spectrum electromagnetic waves

In which colour an yellow coloured dress would appear when viewed through a blue filter?

  1. yellow

  2. blue

  3. black

  4. green
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Yellow light is a combination of red and green light. A dress appears yellow if it reflects red and green light to our eyes. In order to reflect red and green light, these two primary colors of light must be present in the incident light.
So, blue colored filter allows only blue color and absorbs all the remaining colors.
Therefore, yellow colored dress appears black.

Multiple choice evs we are special defects of eye disorders of nervous system braille script

In colour blindness red, green and other colours appear as

  1. White

  2. Yellow

  3. Grey

  4. Pink
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

  • Colour blindness is not really blindness it is the inability to see color. Red-Green color blindness is a sex-linked recessive disorder. 
  • The gene for the color receptor is located on X chromosome any defect in this gene causes a person to lose his ability to see red and green. 
  • For a colorblind person, red and green colors appear, Grey,

So, the correct answer is 'Grey'.

Multiple choice geography interior of the earth the earth's structure components of earth earth and structure

_____ part on the globe is sea. 

  1. Red

  2. Green

  3. Blue

  4. White
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A 3-dimensional model of the Earth is called globe. We cannot see the Earth all of it at once as it is so large. So, globe helps us to see what the whole Earth looks like. The blue part on the globe represents sea. Water covers 71% part of the Earth. That's why, our earth is also called "blue planet".