Colors Trivia: 80 Questions With Super Cool Answers All Artists Should Know
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Step into a world bursting with vibrant hues and get ready to challenge your inner artist! This collection of color-themed trivia questions and answers will put your knowledge to the test.
Colors are more than just pretty shades; they have the power to brighten your day and make everything around you come alive! Are you ready to paint the town with your color expertise? Take a shot at answering our colorful trivia questions below and let the fun begin!
Easy Trivia About Colors
Take a trip down memory lane to your kindergarten days when colors ruled the world by putting your color knowledge to the test with some easy and fun trivia. These questions will take you on a colorful journey, and you'll be amazed at how much you remember. So grab your virtual paintbrush and dive into the world of colors!
1. Question: Which planet is called the 'Red Planet'?
Answer: Mars.
2. Question: What pigment is present in all green plants that give them their color?
Answer: Chlorophyll.
3. Question: What was the color of the letters 'O' and 'E' in the logo of the Google search engine after it was redesigned in 1997?
Answer: Red.
4. Question: How many squares of alternating colors are there on a chessboard?
Answer: 64.
5. Question: Which color is the rarest to naturally occur in hair?
Answer: Red.
6. Question: What is the term used for describing people with two different colors of eyes?
Answer: Heterochromia.
7. Question: What is the science of color measurement?
Answer: Colorimetry.
8. Question: Which reptile can change its color?
Answer: Chameleon.
Trivia About Primary Colors
How much do you know about the three primary colors? These vibrant hues are the building blocks of every artist's palette.
But how well do you know them? This set of super fun quizzes about colors focuses specifically on these three shades. From the passionate allure of red to the calming depths of blue and the refreshing vibrancy of green, these colors have stories to tell.
9. Question: What are the primary colors?
Answer: Red, blue, and yellow.
10. Question: Why are the primary colors called 'primary'?
Answer: They cannot be formed by mixing other colors.
11. Question: Which primary colors are present in the flag of the United States of America?
Answer: Blue and red.
12. Question: What is the first color a baby sees?
Answer: Red.
13. Question: Which color has the highest wavelength in the spectrum?
Answer: Red.
14. Question: What are the two sets of colors that are never seen together by the human eye?
Answer: Red and green, blue and yellow.
15. Question: According to a survey by CBS in 2021, what is the favorite color of Americans?
Answer: Blue.
16. Question: What type of colors are mosquitoes most attracted to?
Answer: Dark colors.
Strange Trivia About Colors
Prepare to uncover some mind-boggling facts about colors that will leave you utterly amazed! Did you know that the color blue can calm racing minds? And guess what? Pink can create a sense of serenity and tranquility. This series of questions lined up for you will reveal even more fascinating tidbits about these mysterious colors.
17. Question: Which two colors stimulate hunger?
Answer: Yellow and orange.
18. Question: What is the gray color we see when we close our eyes called?
Answer: Eigengrau.
19. Question: According to research, which two colors are difficult to remember and recall?
Answer: Black and white.
20. Question: Which color is the safest color to prevent road accidents?
Answer: White.
21. Question: What is the name of the color pigment invented that the human eye cannot see?
Answer: Vantablack.
22. Question: What word was used to describe the color orange before the word 'orange' was coined?
Answer: Geoluread.
23. Question: What is the fear of colors called?
Answer: Chromophobia.
24. Question: What color is used in the logo of the popular kid's channel Nickelodeon?
Answer: Orange.
Trivia About The Colors Of The Rainbow
Did you know that the flags of some cities and countries around the world have some of the colors of the rainbow? That's right, the flag of the city of Cusco in Peru is an example of one that has the perfect blend of all the vibrant hues!
To learn more fascinating tidbits about the seven colors that make up the rainbow, put on your thinking caps, and take this quiz!
25. Question: What are the seven colors present in the rainbow?
Answer: Violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.
26. Question: Which scientist experimented on the colors of the rainbow?
Answer: Isaac Newton.
27. Question: What is the angle of the rainbow when standing in the opposite direction of the Sun?
Answer: 42 degrees.
28. Question: The lower the sun is, the higher the rainbow is in the sky. True or false?
Answer: True.
29. Question: What is the Latin term from which the word rainbow is derived?
Answer: Arcus Pluvius.
30. Question: What do you call a bow formed by cloud and fog droplets?
Answer: A fogbow.
31. Question: In which Western United States state is the maximum number of rainbows formed?
Answer: Hawaii.
32. Question: A rainbow is tangible. True or false?
Answer: False.
Color Wheel Trivia
Did you know that the primary colors—red, blue, and yellow—are the powerhouses behind this creation? They're like the VIPs of the color world, setting the stage for a masterpiece!
And guess what? These three hues, along with three others, were the brainchild of brilliant artists who wanted to explore endless color possibilities in their artwork. Also, learn about who first invented this remarkable wheel.
33. Question: Who invented the color wheel?
Answer: Sir Isaac Newton.
34. Question: How many colors were present in the first color wheel by Isaac Newton?
Answer: Seven.
35. Question: What is the opposite of blue on the color wheel?
Answer: Orange.
36. Question: How many colors are used to form a tertiary color?
Answer: Two.
37. Question: What colors would you mix to give purple?
Answer: Red and blue.
38. Question: What are the colors located near each other called?
Answer: Analogous colors.
39. Question: What form of communication is color?
Answer: Non-verbal communication.
40. Question: What are the earth tones in a color wheel called?
Answer: Neutral colors.
41. Question: What would you call an image with one color?
Answer: Monochrome.
Trivia Related To The Colors In Nature
From the dazzling shades of nature to the vibrant palettes of art, this set of trivia questions and answers covers all things colorful. So, get ready to test your knowledge and see just how well you appreciate the beautiful world around you.
42. Question: What is the name of the substance present in carrots that gives them the orange pigment?
Answer: Carotene.
43. Question: What is the color of the dye produced from the woad plant?
Answer: Blue.
44. Question: What color does saffron produce?
Answer: Yellow.
45. Question: What is the color of the stripes on a newly born zebra?
Answer: Brown.
46. Question: What is the color of the eggs laid by emus?
Answer: Green.
47. Question: What is the color of the skin of a polar bear?
Answer: Black.
48. Question: What is the color of the blood of insects?
Answer: Green or yellow.
49. Question: Goldfish lose their yellow-orange color if they are kept in a low-light environment. True or false?
Answer: True.
Trivia About Color-Related Facts
Get ready to embark on a thrilling quest for knowledge with the scientific explanation behind the colors that surround you. Put your color-savvy skills to the test and discover the fascinating reasons behind the kaleidoscope of hues. So, dive in and unravel the mysteries of colors!
50. Question: Which chemical element gives turquoise its blue color?
Answer: Copper.
51. Question: Which component in human blood produces its red color?
Answer: Haemoglobin.
52. Question: What colors are present in the Swiss flag?
Answer: Red and white.
53. Question: Which plant provides the primary component of inks for colored newspapers?
Answer: Soybean.
54. Question: In which country would you find the Yellow River?
Answer: China.
55. Question: What element is responsible for the red color of Mars?
Answer: Iron.
56. Question: Why is the sky blue?
Answer: Reflection of blue light.
57. Question: Why do specific hens lay brown-colored eggs and others lay white eggs?
Answer: Genetics.
58. Question: What is the most commonly occurring color of human eyes?
Answer: Brown.
59. Question: What is the color of zero in Russian Roulette?
Answer: Green.
60. Question: What is the name of the smallest sea by surface area in Russia?
Answer: The White Sea.
61. Question: What color is formed when the three primary colors are combined?
Answer: White.
62. Question: What is the name of the famous painting by the artist Thomas Gainsborough in 1770?
Answer: The Blue Boy.
63. Question: What is the color formed in the absence of colors?
Answer: Black.
64. Question: Which color is the favorite color for most people across the world according to a 2015 survey?
Answer: Blue.
65. Question: What does CMYK stand for?
Answer: Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.
Historical Color Trivia
Have you ever wondered why certain colors are used as warning signs or how some colors are used for camouflage? Step right up and test your knowledge of the fascinating history of colors. From bold and attention-grabbing to crafty and camouflaging, this quiz will put your color expertise to the ultimate test.
66. Question: Which city is called the 'Pink City'?
Answer: Jaipur.
67. Question: Which 1943 black-and-white movie became the first of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's movies to be converted to color electronically?
Answer: 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'.
68. Question: Who is the author of the book 'Anne Of The Green Gables'?
Answer: Lucy Maud Montgomery.
69. Question: Which country has a golden yellow color star in the center on a red background on its flag and was designed in 1940?
Answer: Democratic Republic Of Vietnam.
70. Question: In which country did The Orange Revolution take place?
Answer: Ukraine.
71. Question: What color was used as a stop sign before 1960?
Answer: Yellow.
72. Question: What is the title of the album released in 1986 by Cyndi Lauper?
Answer: 'True Colors'.
Hard Colors Trivia
Get ready for the ultimate challenge—impossible color trivia! It's time to put your artistic skills and color knowledge to the test in the grand finale.
Can you be the first to secure that perfect score and emerge as the ultimate champion? Will you crack the colorful code and come out on top? There's only one way to find out—play on and let the excitement begin!
73. Question: Which marine crustaceans can see the widest range of colors?
Answer: Mantis shrimp.
74. Question: Which cells of the human eye are sensitive to colors?
Answer: Cones.
75. Question: Which element in amethyst stones is responsible for giving its violet color?
Answer: Iron.
76. Question: Dogs can only see which two colours?
Answer: Blue and yellow.
77. Question: What is the name of the gas that gives Neptune its blue color?
Answer: Methane.
78. Question: What is the name of the pigment responsible for turning the feathers of flamingos a pink color?
Answer: Carotenoid.
79. Question: Who had a horse named Black Bess?
Answer: Dick Turpin.
80. Question: Which cells allow squid and cuttlefish to change colors?
Answer: Chromatophores.
You've made it to the end of this color trivia and explored the fascinating stories, scientific wonders, and historical tales behind the vibrant hues that bring the world to life. Along the way, you have also uncovered some super cool answers that every artist should know.
Now that you're armed with this newfound knowledge, it's time to put it into action!
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