COMM 362, Design for Print
COMM 242, Photojournalism

What do you know about color and photographic printing for graphic artists?

A wee quiz.

1. The additive color generation system begans with black and uses these colors to generate all color.

a. Cyan, magenta, yellow and black.

b. Hue, saturation, brightness.

c. Red, green and blue.

d. Blue, yellow and grey.

2. The subtractive color generation system begans with white and uses these colors to generate all color.

a. Cyan, magenta, yellow and black.

b. Hue, saturation, brightness.

c. Red, green and blue.

d. Blue, yellow and grey.

3. Additive color is used mostly for

a. computer monitors and other projected color.

b. color printed on paper.

c. colored paints used by fine artists.

d. All of the above.

4. Printers call subtractive color

a. process color.

b. halftone color.

c. basic color.

d. spot color.

5. Spot color is usually designated using

a. Hue, saturation, brightness.

b. the Color Picker panel.

c. Pantone Matching System colors.

d. the Color Ramp.

6. The halftone method is used to print

a. black-and-white line art.

b. large-sized typefaces.

c. web-based photos.

d. black-and-white photos.

7. The halftone system is based on the idea that

a. the closer together the dot, the darker the tone looks from far away.

b. the farther apart the dot, the darker the tone looks from far away.

c. a standard printing press can print many shades of gray in addition to black.

d. engravers can copy photographs at a high standard of quality.

8. In printer's terminology, a "sep" or "separation" is

a. a black-and-white photograph.

b. a color photograph.

c. a page proof using spot color.

d. a page proof using additive color.