IELTS Academic Reading ‘The Search for Colour’ Answers

Updated On May 10, 2021

IELTS Academic Reading ‘The Search for Colour’ Answers

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1 The Search for Colour
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The IELTS Academic Reading: Cambridge Reading Sample; ‘The Search for Colour’ with answers. The post will discuss the answers to questions 1-13.

The Search for Colour

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The answers with explanations are given below

Question Number	Answers	Keywords	Location of Keywords
1.	visible	Colour is the most visible element in all objects	Paragraph A, Line 6
2.	Natural clays	natural clays tinted by the presence of iron-oxides. brown of umber, and the yellow of sienna.	Paragraph B, Lines 3-6
3.	Biological matter	biological matter, could yield more interesting results.	Paragraph B, Last 2 lines
4.	Carminic acid	carminic acid discourage predation by birds or other insects	Paragraph C, Lines 4-5
5.	False	pigment production was a meticulous and time-consuming process.	Paragraph C, Lines 7-8
6.	False	These insects have many advantages over kermes, higher concentrations of carminic acid	Paragraph D, Lines 5-8
7.	Not Given	Not Given	Not Given
8.	True	cochineals replaced kermes almost completely, becoming a lucrative Central American export	Paragraph D, Last 2 lines
9.	mucus	mucus the snail secretes, produce a purplish-blue dye	Paragraph E, Lines 5-6
10.	leaves	Indigo plant was discovered. Its leaves were fermented, and then left to age, and the sediment eventually produced was dried, treated, then reduced to a blue powder.	Paragraph F, First4 lines
11.	stone	European artists used a mixture derived from, semi-precious stone,	Paragraph F, Lines 8-9
12.	stable	first cheap, yet stable	Paragraph G, Lines 4-6
13.	accidentally	The vivid purple of the Murex snail was accidentally produced by an English chemist	Paragraph G, Lines 7-8

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