An element of art that refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.
What is Value
100
A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface.
What is Line
100
Made of only a single color or hue and it's tints and shades.
What is Monochromatic Color
100
The color created when you mix red and yellow.
What is Orange
100
A large difference between two things: For example, rough and smooth or white and black.
What is Contrast
200
Any three dimensional object that can be measured by height, width and depth.
What is Form
200
A flat figure created when actual or implied lines surround a space - can be geometric or organic.
What is Shape
200
Orange, green and violet (or purple).
What are Secondary Colors
200
The three basic colors that cannot be made by mixing colors.
What are Primary Colors
What are red, yellow, and blue
200
A distribution of visual weight on either side of the vertical axis. Symmetrical uses the same characteristics. Asymmetrical uses different but equally weighted features.
What is Balance
300
The element of art that refers to the surface quality or feel of an object - it's smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.
What is Texture
300
Black, Gray, Brown, and White
What are Neutral Colors
300
Colors that are directly opposite on the color wheel. When mixed together, they make a neutral gray or brown.
What are Complimentary Colors
300
The color created when you mix yellow and blue.
What is Green
300
Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewer's attention.
What is Emphasis.
400
Element of art produced when a wavelength of light strikes an object and reflects back to the eyes.
What is Color
400
A way of combining visual elements to produce a sense of action - or implied motion.
What is Movement
400
Another name for related colors - have one color in common. Colors that appear next to each other on the color wheel.
What are Analagous Colors
400
The color created when you mix blue and green.
What is Blue-Green
400
A feeling that all of the parts are working together as a team - the quality of wholeness.
What is Unity
500
The empty or open area between, around, above, below, and within objects.
What is Space
500
The repetition of specific visual elements such as a unit of shape or form.
What is Pattern
500
Colors made by mixing a primary with a secondary color. Also called intermediate colors.
What are Tertiary Colors
500
The color created when you mix blue and red.
What is Violet
500
Regular repetition of, or alternation in elements to create cohesiveness and interest.