Graphic Design
Principles of Photography
Principles of Photography
Elements of Photography
Misc.
100

Design that helps establish a recognizable name and set of designs for the products of a business, group or company

Identity Desgin

100

The appearance of equal visual weight within a composition.

Balance

100

Mirror Image

Symmetrical Balance

100

Starts at one point and ends somewhere else.

Line

100

The colors to make to make other colors.

Primary Colors

200

These designs exist merely to help you understand the world around you. They help you do things or understand ideas.

Environmental and Informational Desgin

200

Organized repetition/repeated objects.

Rhythm

200

Diverse elements and principles found in the image. 

Variety

200

The individual parts, the tools used

Elements 

200

Appeals to the sense of touch

Texture

300

These designs are diverse, covering everything from magazines, newspapers, and books to annual reports.

Publication Design

300

Dominance - Giving some objects greater visual importance.

Emphasis
300

Looks and feels balanced, but objects are not in the center of the frame.

Asymmetrical Balance

300

This is created when line meets itself

Shape and form

300

Name of a color

Hue

400

These designs are to make something publicly known, or to describe something in order to sell it. 

Advertising Design

400

Repetition of any element of design

Pattern

400

All individual parts come together and support each other to make a unified image.

Unity

400

Quality of light and dark

Value

400

Mostly dark: mood of sadness, suspense, or dread

Low Key

500

These are to create environments that are often intended to increase your appreciation and understanding of a topic.

Exhibit Designs

500

The relationship between sizes of objects or components in an image.

Proportion

500

Mostly light: positive, upbeat feeling

High Key

500

Two-dimensional arrangement of objects in a photograph.

Space

500

Intensity or purity of a color

Saturation

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