Art Elements
design principles
art vocabulary
color and the color wheel
more art vocabulary
100
The lightness or darkness of a color.
What is Value?
100
A focal point is the main center of interest in a piece of art work. Which design principle is being used here?
What is emphasis?
100
You create these when you add white to a color. White makes colors lighter.
What is a tint
100
this is the first color family. Name the family and it's three members.
What are the primary colors? What are red, yellow and blue?
100
This is an art vocabulary word for the thing the artist chose to do a drawing, painting or sculpture of.
What is the subject or subject matter?
200
This is an art element where a surface has or appears to have a rough, spikey, sticky or soft quality.
What is texture?
200
The repetition of an element (or elements) in a work.
What is pattern
200
Another word for material.
What is medium?
200
This is the second color family. It takes 2 primary colors to make one of these. Name the family and it's 3 members.
What are secondary colors? What are orange, green and violet?
200
This art element is 3-D or appears to be 3-D on a flat surface.
What is form?
300
The space in or around the subject of a piece of artwork.
What is negative space?
300
Also known as formal balance. This design principle means the same spacial placement of an art element on either side of a congruent line.
What is What is symmetry
300
This is created when an artist adds black to a color. Black makes colors darker.
What is a shade?
300
This is created when an artist adds black to a color. Black makes colors darker.
What is a shade?
300
what color does yellow and blue make when mixed together?
What is green?
400
The three categories of the art element, shape.
What are free form, geometric and organic?
400
A pattern is created by ______ing an art element.
What is repeating?
400
The three categories of the art element, shape.
What are free form, geometric and organic?
400
Red, Yellow and Orange. These colors remind us of things that are warm.
What are the warm colors
400
You make this color when red and yellow are mixed.
What is orange?
500
This art element is created by a dot that moves.
What is line?
500
A principle of design where there are areas that attract more of the viewers attention than others.
What is emphasis
500
The general feeling or atmosphere in a piece of artwork.
What is the mood of the artwork?
500
Blue, Green and Violet. These colors remind us of cool things.
What are cool colors
500
These colors are not on the color wheel. They are considered earthy and muted. They include black, brown and white.
What are neutrals?
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