Color Theory and Management Flashcards

What is the purpose of a color swatch library in Adobe Illustrator?

Answer: Storing and reusing predefined colors consistently throughout a project

Color swatch libraries let designers store predefined colors for reuse, ensuring consistent brand color application across an entire project.

In Adobe Photoshop, which adjustment command allows you to select a specific color range in an image and replace it with different color values?

Answer: Replace Color

The Replace Color command lets you isolate a specific color range and then adjust its hue, saturation, and lightness to replace it.

What is the primary purpose of soft-proofing in Adobe Photoshop?

Answer: To simulate on-screen how an image will look when printed on a specific output device

Soft-proofing uses a device's ICC profile to simulate on your monitor how the image will appear when reproduced by that output device.

Which Photoshop adjustment is best suited for shifting overall color tone toward warmer or cooler tones while preserving tonal relationships?

Answer: Color Balance

Color Balance provides separate sliders for shadows, midtones, and highlights, allowing you to shift overall color temperature without affecting tonal relationships.

In Adobe Illustrator, what happens when you edit a 'global color' swatch?

Answer: All objects using that swatch update to reflect the new color automatically

A global color swatch in Illustrator ensures that editing the swatch automatically updates every object in the document that uses that swatch.

What color mode should be used when creating artwork intended exclusively for web or screen display?

Answer: RGB

RGB is the correct mode for screen and web display because monitors use red, green, and blue light to render colors.

Which term in color theory describes the perceived lightness or darkness of a color?

Answer: Value (Brightness)

Value (or brightness) describes how light or dark a color appears, spanning from pure black to pure white.