On the traditional painter's color wheel, which are the three primary colors?
AnswerRed, yellow and blue
Traditional color theory for paints uses red, yellow and blue as the primary colors.
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The basics
What is an easel used for?
AnswerHolding a painting upright while you work
An easel is a stand that supports a canvas or board at a comfortable working angle.
Going deeper
Traditional oil paints are made by mixing pigment with which oil?
AnswerLinseed oil
Linseed oil, pressed from flax seeds, dries into a tough film that binds oil paint pigments.
Who painted The Starry Night?
AnswerVincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night in 1889.
A fresco is painted onto what?
AnswerFresh, wet plaster
In true fresco, pigments are applied to wet lime plaster and become part of the wall as it dries.
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of which chapel?
AnswerThe Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling in Vatican City between 1508 and 1512.
Expert level
Traditional egg tempera paint uses what as its binder?
AnswerEgg yolk
Egg tempera mixes pigments with egg yolk, a method widely used before oil painting spread.
The Impressionist movement took its name from a painting by which artist?
AnswerClaude Monet
A critic mocked Monet's Impression, Sunrise (1872), and the name Impressionism stuck.
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