Question

A colour image is shown on the left. If the blue sky is painted black and the leaves are painted white, which is the CORRECT black and white image among the scaled options shown on the right? 

• A. A
• B. B
• C. C
• D. D

Hint:

For colour-to-black-and-white transformations, focus on major elements of the image and how they change when specific areas are recoloured.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Identify the original colours in the image. The blue sky will be painted black, and the green leaves will be painted white.
Step 2: After applying the changes to the image, compare the options to identify the one that correctly shows black for the sky and white for the leaves.
Step 3: Option B correctly reflects the transformation of the original image into black and white, with the sky and leaves accurately painted in the specified colours.

Answer 2

Repainting the sky black and the leaves white means every patch of blue in the original picture should turn into black, and every patch of green should turn into white, with the jagged boundary between them staying exactly where the leaves overlapped the sky in the original. The small gaps between the topmost leaf tips, and the larger strip of sky visible along the bottom of the picture, are what should end up black, everything else should turn white.

1. Option A: The black shapes here are close, but the jagged skyline along the bottom does not match the exact notches and points made by the overlapping leaf edges in the original picture.
2. Option B: The black shapes trace the same three small sky gaps at the top and the same jagged sky boundary along the bottom that the original leaf arrangement actually creates, with everything else correctly turned white.
3. Option C: The jagged boundary is shifted compared with where the leaves actually overlap the sky in the original, so the black and white regions do not line up with the true leaf edges.
4. Option D: The three small top shapes do not match the original sky gaps in size and spacing, suggesting the leaf tips were repositioned rather than accurately converted.

Only option B reproduces the exact shape and position of the original sky gaps in black, with the leaf regions correctly turned white.

So the correct answer is Option B.