Design Terms
A border of varying width you can add to your text or a shape.
What is outline?
Calm, trust, faith, power
What does blue mean?
The level of transparency in an image.
What is opacity?
Visual consistency throughout multiple designs.
What is repetition?
Space between lines of text
What is line spacing?
Hunger, love, urgency, anger
What does red mean?
When you make an image smaller by dragging in the side/corner markers.
What is cropping?
Creates visual organization--helps the viewer know what to look at first.
What is hierarchy?
Presenting work and getting feedback from others.
What is a critique?
Nature, money, soothing, jealousy
What does green mean?
When you select multiple objects in a design while pressing Shift.
What is grouping?
Type of balance when design elements on one side are stronger than the other.
What is balance with tension?
Two colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel.
What are complementary colors?
Royalty, mystery, luxury
What does purple mean?
The code for a color on a web-based design program--usually a combination of letters and numbers followed by #.
What is a hex code?
Type of balance created when the weight of design elements on both halves of the pane is even.
What is balance with symmetry?
The dimensions of a standard piece of paper.
What is 8.5" x 11"
Happy, energy, attention, warmth
What does yellow mean?
Another term for letter spacing.
What is kerning?
An effective way to create emphasis; often by having two opposite elements. Example: bright text on dark background.
What is contrast?