Studio Craft: Oil Paint
12 Questions
| Total Attempts: 138
Test your knowledge of artist's oil colors.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which of the following is NOT a category of pigment?
- A.
Natural Synthetic
- B.
Synthetic Organic
- C.
Natural Organic
- D.
Natural Inorganic
- E.
Synthetic Inorganic
- 2.Cadmium Red is an example of which type of pigment?
- A.
Synthetic organic
- B.
Natural inorganic
- C.
Natural metallic
- D.
Synthetic inorganic
- 3.Traditional tube oil paints give off flammable vapors.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Linseed oil comes from the same plant as linen fabric.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Distributing pigment throughout the oil paint vehicle by milling or hand-mulling is also called:
- A.
Emulsion
- B.
Dispersion
- C.
Saponification
- D.
Wetting
- 6.Adding beeswax to oil paint produces:
- A.
A short bodied mixture
- B.
A long bodied mixture
- C.
Oil emulsion
- D.
Tempera
- 7.Paint has been made out of human remains.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Pure oil paint straight from the tube dries through:
- A.
Oxidation
- B.
Evaporation
- 9.Which of the following pigments is actually a type of glass or ceramic?
- A.
Crystal violet
- B.
Smalt
- C.
Smelt
- D.
Glassine
- 10.The least lightfast pigment still considered suitable for the permanent palette is:
- A.
Hansa Yellow
- B.
Ultramarine Blue
- C.
Viridian
- D.
Alizarin Crimson
- 11.When Alizarin Crimson is mixed with white, the resulting mixture is more lightfast.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12."Tint Strength" of a color is best described as:
- A.
The thickness of the paint
- B.
Degree of color change a paint causes when mixed with a standard white
- C.
The amount of paint it takes to cover a standard white
- D.
The amount of pigment it takes to make a color
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