Color
Artists use a _____ _____ to review their colors, and find color schemes.
Tints are light values of a color. Tints are usually made by:
a)mixing a color with white
b)mixing a color with black
c)going to your beautician
A) mixing a color with white
Balance describes how artists:
a) keep from tipping their easels over
b) juggle work and play
c) create visual weight
c) create visual weight
Contrast creates excitement and interest in artworks. Two things that are very different have a lot of contrast. In art ___ ___have the greatest contrast
a)cats and dogs
b)men and women
c)black and white
c) black and white
Cool colors like blue, green and purple might be used to paint
a)a warm fire or desert sunset
b)hot fudge sundae
c) cool forest or cold lake
c) cool forest or cold lake
The primary colors are what 3 colors?
Red, yellow, and blue
a) pulling down the blinds
b)mixing a color with black
c)wearing sunglasses
b) mixing a color with black
Symmetrical balance means both sdies are the same. An example of an object with symmetrical balance is
a) an amoeba
b)a valentine heart
c)your hand
b) a valentine heart
Complementary colors have high contrast. Artists may paint a red apple on a green table to
a) create a christmas card
b) because shes hungry
c)to make the apple stand out
c) to make the apple stand out
Shapes are flat. Some shapes are geometric like:
a)little cars
b)circles, squares, triangles
c)spheres, pyramids, cones
b) circles, squares, triangles
Secondary colors are made by mixing two ______ colors.
Primary colors
Forms are three dimensional. They have height, width, and thickness. Some common forms are:
a)cylinders, cubes, spheres, cones
b)circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles
c)difficult to draw
Asymmetrical balance is the opposite of symmetrical. An example of something with asymmetrical balance is
a) butterfly
b) triangle
c) spilled paint
c) spilled paint
a)focal point
b)compass point
c)pencil point
a) focal point
Complementary colors
a)always have nice things to say about each other
b)are opposite each other on the color wheel
c) have very good manners
B) opposite each other on the color wheel
The sun or fire might be painted with warm colors including what 3 colors?
Red, orange, and yellow
Lines are found anywhere you look. Name 3 different types of lines
Answer varies
common: stragiht, zig zag, curvy, squiggly, diagonal, horizontal, vertical, etc.
Proportion is the size, location and amount of one thing compared to another. By studying proportions you can create:
a)splatter painting
b)realistic portrait
c) waffle
b) realistic portrait
By repeating lines, colors and shapes over and over again, artist create visual rhythms or patterns. Which is a pattern
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a)things from nature
b)santa claus
c)healthy cereal
a) things from nature
The neutral colors are made by mixing what 3 colors?
Black, white, brown
By joining lines you can
a) play red rover
b)learn to dance
c)make shapes
c) make shapes
Space is an empty place or surface around a work. One example of space is
a)the final frontier
b)positive/negative
c)personal
b) positive/ negative
Artists create the illusion of movement in their artworks by using diagonal lines or by overlapping shapes. An artist uses techniques of movement to show
a)a kicking horse
b)statue of liberty
c)a rock
a) a kicking horse
Texture is the way something _______.
a) sounds
b) smells
c)feels
c) feels