Color Theory
Famous Artists
Bahamian Art
Elements/principles
100
These three colors are known as primary colors.
Red, Yellow, Blue
100
Leonardo DaVinci
100
What material is used to make Junkanoo costumes?
Crepe paper
100
When a shape or object is repeated, it is known as what?
repetition
200
These three colors are known as secondary colors
Orange, Green, Purple
200
He famously painted this painting in the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
200
Tis artform is one of the oldest forms of traditional Bahamian art, and involves cropping, pasting and color design.
Junkanoo
200
If an object is cut in half, and is identical on both sides, it is known as what?
Symmetrical
300
This term describes when two colors opposite each other on the color wheel work well together.
Complimentary colors.
300
His art can be found on the London Streets more easily than in a gallery
300
This Bahmian artist was also a musician
Eddie Minnis
300
When drawing or painting, this is known as the dark area you add to an object or artwork
Shade
400
The mixing of this color into any color is known as
shading.White
400
Jackson Pollock, known for his drip paintings, was an early pioneer of this art movement.
Abstract Expressionism
400
You may have seen this Bahamian artist's sculptures on one of our roundabouts here in Nassau.
Stephen Burrows
400
The feeling of a surface is known as it's what?
Texture
500
How do you get a tertiary color?
Mixing a primary and a secondary color
500
This art genre is known as...
Street Art/Graffitti
500
This artist claimed to have had a message from God telling him that he must paint, and became a painter
Amos Ferguson
500
Lines used to create a two-dimensional object such as a circle or square
Shapes