FAMOUS ARTISTS
COLOR KNOWLEDGE
ELEMENTS
PRINCIPLES
Misc
100

The artist of the Mona Lisa

Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?

100

Primary Colors

What is the color group that contains Red, Yellow and Blue?

100

These forms are similar to forms in nature and usually have curved or irregular edges.

What is an organic shape

100
The principle of art that repeats?
What is pattern
100
The name of the line that divides the sky from the ground
What is the horizon line
200

He painted a sky filled with swirling yellows and blues in the piece "Starry, Starry Night

Who is Vincent Van Gogh?

200

Violet, Green, and Orange

What are secondary colors?

200

This element of art is used when you use a horizon line and make things that appear to get smaller to show distance.

What is Space?

200
This can be Asymmetrical, Symmetrical, or Radial
What is Balance?
200
An art work that shows a likeness of the person that created the art.
What is a self-portrait.
300

Got his inspiration from Pablo Picasso and creates asymmetrical masks with red lips

Who is Kimmy Cantrell?

300

Complementary Colors

What are colors that are across from each other on the color wheel?

300

The quality of a surface; how something feels

What is texture

300
This is the focal point of the art piece; the center of interest?
What is emphasis
300
An artwork that shows non-living things, such as books, candles, and so on.
What is a still life
400

mostly known for her story quilts and book, Tar Beach

Faith Ringgold

400

Neutral Colors

What are black, white, gray and some browns?

400

This the lightness and darkness of a color

What is value

400
This principle of art is used when an artist uses a dark color next to a light one, or a busy pattern next to a solid area to create a visual difference?
What is contrast
400
The use of more than one type of medium in an artwork [example: paint, paper, crayon, pastel, etc].
What is mixed media
500

He's most famous for his Campbell Soup Can paintings and his role in the Pop Art movement.

Andy Warhol

500

Monochromatic

What is the term used to describe a color group that only has shades and tints of one color?

500

The element of art is something that occupies 3-dimensional shape?

What is form

500
When an artist uses a color, shape or line throughout the picture or design to make it looks like things go together, it is called this
What is unity
500
This describes artwork where something is zoomed in and looks like lines, shapes and colors or not real.
What is abstract art
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