Q 01/05

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

A) Hue

B) Value

C) Saturation

D) Chroma

Answer · why

B) Value

Value is how light or dark a color is; strong contrasts of value are what painters call chiaroscuro, which Leonardo used to make figures look solid an...

Q 02/05

Which design style, popularised by Eames and Saarinen, favoured clean lines and organic shapes?

A) Mid-Century Modern

B) Streamline Moderne

C) Art Deco

D) Arts and Crafts

Answer · why

A) Mid-Century Modern

Mid-Century Modern got an early push in 1940, when Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen won a Museum of Modern Art furniture contest with a chair moulded f...

Q 03/05

Which wood is prized in high-end furniture for its durability and distinctive dark grain?

A) Pine

B) Walnut

C) Maple

D) Birch

Answer · why

B) Walnut

Walnut heartwood is prized for its dark colour and its toughness: it resists shock yet is easy to work, which made it a classic wood for gunstocks as ...

Q 04/05

Which layer of a lighting plan provides the overall background illumination for a room?

A) Ambient

B) Accent

C) Task

D) Decorative

Answer · why

A) Ambient

Ambient light is the base layer of a lighting plan, the general glow that fills a room, usually from a ceiling fixture; a torchère floor lamp gives it...

Q 05/05

Which word for a living-room seat came into English from Arabic by way of Turkish?

A) Sofa

B) Couch

C) Settee

D) Futon

Answer · why

A) Sofa

Sofa comes via Turkish from the Arabic suffah, and in the 1620s it still meant a raised, carpeted platform in an Eastern room; the long stuffed seat o...