Color
This is perceived by the way light reflects off a surface.
There are three properties of this: hue (name), intensity
(strength/purity), and value (lightness and darkness).
Color
The three primary colors.
Red, Yellow, Blue
This is a path made by a moving point through space.
It is one-dimensional and can vary in width, direction,
and length.
Line
This refers to the area around, between and within objects
in a work of art. It is sometimes referred to as negative and
positive. It can also describe the illusion of depth within
an
artwork (perspective).
Space
This describes the surface quality of an object. Artists use
both actual (how things feel) and implied (how things look
like they feel) types in their artwork.
Texture
These are made by mixing the primary colors. They are the
second set of colors in the color wheel.
Secondary Colors
The three secondary colors.
Green, Orange, Purple
Types of Line
Examples of these include horizontal, diagonal, vertical,
zig-zag, curvy, etc.
Types of Forms
Examples of these include spheres, cubes, pyramids,
cones, etc.
Types of Texture (Name at least 6)
soft, hard, smooth, rough, wet, dry
This describes the lightness or darkness of a surface.
Value
These are colors that are directly opposite each other on
the color wheel such as red and green, blue and orange,
and violet and yellow.
Complementary Colors
These are flat, enclosed areas that are two-dimensional
(length and height). Artists use both geometric and
organic.
Shapes
These are three-dimensional (length, width, height) and
can be viewed from many angles. They have volume
and take up space.
Form
When an artist uses this type of texture they make the
work have the illusion that it would feel a certain way but
it reality it does not.
Implied Texture
These are colors mixed with black.
Shades
These are colors mixed with white.
Tints
These are shapes that are found in nature. They are not
geometrical and generally do not have straight lines.
Organic Shapes
This type of space is the background or the space around
the object in the picture.
Negative Space
When an artist uses this type of texture they make a work
that has real texture a person can feel.
Actual Texture
Colors that are made by mixing the primary and secondary
colors. They are the third set of colors in the color wheel.
Tertiary Colors (sometimes called intermediate)
If you mixed complementary colors together in the right
proportions you can make these types of colors. These
colors work with all color schemes.
Neutral Colors (Browns, Greys)
This includes white and black too.
Examples of these types of shapes include squares, rec-
tangles, triangles, circles, etc.
Geometric Shapes
This type of space is the object in the picture and not the
background.
Positive Space
We use this term when talking about space and to refer
to the illusion of depth created in an artwork. An artist will
include a foreground, a middle ground, and a background
to create this illusion.
Perspective