How can an artist decrease a hue's intensity or saturation?

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: To decrease intensity of a color, the artist can add gray or the opposite color on the color wheel, or add a medium, a liquid that makes paint easier to manipulate.

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In the early 1920s, this made the conversational rhythm in song lyrics possible:

a. amplification b. electric microphones for crooners' intimate delivery c. adaptation of popular black song forms d. the division of the beat into long and short durations

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Which statement is true regarding the production of Greek black-figure vase painting?

a) Figures are painted with a mixture of clay and water (slip) so that after firing, the figures remain black against a red background. b) The background is painted with white slip in order to outline the black figures. c) Vases are painted with a red-colored slip to form the background. d) Vases are fired in multiple stages so that areas painted with vitrified slip remain black.

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