Mixing Colors
Red + blue
What is purple?
A color mixed with white
What is a tint?
The country where Piet Mondrian was born
What is the Netherlands?
This artist was known for splattering and dripping paint
Who is Jackson Pollock?
A flat tool used to spread paint
What is a brush or palette knife?
Blue + yellow
What is green?
A color mixed with black
What is a shade?
The colors Mondrian used most in his art
What are red, yellow, and blue?
Pollock was part of this art movement
What is Abstract Expressionism?
A modern art style that doesn't show real objects
What is abstract art?
Red + yellow
What is orange?
Red, yellow, and orange are these types of colors
What are warm colors?
Mondrian often used these types of lines
What are straight lines (or horizontal and vertical lines)?
Pollock used these tools instead of brushes
What are sticks or household objects?
The type of shape Mondrian used most
What are geometric shapes (rectangles)?
These three colors cannot be made by mixing
What are primary colors?
Blue, green, and purple are these types of colors
What are cool colors?
Mondrian’s art style that used simple shapes and colors
What is Neoplasticism?
The method Pollock used to make art
What is drip painting or action painting?
This is what you call the surface you paint on
What is a canvas?
All three primary colors mixed together make this color
What is brown?
The name for colors across from each other on the color wheel
What are complementary colors?
Mondrian’s paintings look like a combination of these two things
What are grids and rectangles?
The reason Pollock moved around his canvas while painting
What is to express motion or energy (or freedom of movement)?
A famous painting method that lets paint drip or splatter
What is action painting?