Principles of Design
Art Terms
Color Theory
100

One area that captures your attention and creates a FOCAL point.

What is EMPHASIS?

100

An image representing a person or even their personality.

What is a Portrait?

100

YELLOW, ORANGE and RED are considered these kind of colors

What are Warm Colors?

200

When opposites work together (ex. Black vs. white).

What is CONTRAST?

200

The three layers of space in a landscape.

What is the Foreground, Middleground and Background.

200

BLUE, PURPLE and GREEN are considered these kinds of colors

What are Cool Colors?

300

The distribitution of visual weight.

What is BALANCE?

300

When adding WHITE to any color you create this.

What is a tint?

300

Red and Green, Blue and Orange, Yellow and Purple are _______.

What is Complimentary?

400

When all the elements of the artwork work TOGETHER.

What is UNITY?

400

A form of liquid clay, used to attach other pieces of clay together.

What is slip?

400

Red and Yellow mix together to create this color.

What is Orange?

500

The regular repetition of elements.

What is RHYTHM?

500

Sculpting method created by carving or taking away materials.

What is subtractive?

500

This is the color scheme using ONLY ONE COLOR.

What is MONOCHROMATIC?

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