Visual Literacy
Type
Design Principles
Color
Random
100
The type of educational visual used to add decorations
What is Decorative Visual
100
The category of font that does NOT have serifs
What is SANS SERIF
100
The very most basic element of design
What is A DOT
100
Red, Yellow, Blue
What are THE PRIMARY COLORS
100
The name of a design piece that shares basic information and is often just one piece of paper folded into three parts
What is A BROCHURE
200
Visual Literacy is basically communicating ideas using ____________.
What is IMAGES
200
The height of the main body of lowercase letters
What is X-HEIGHT
200
If a line connects back to it's origin, it creates this element of design
What is A SHAPE
200
The name given to the category of colors you get when you mix a primary color the closest secondary color.
What is TERTIARY COLORS
200
An image file format that includes all the separate layers you may have created in Photoshop
What is .PSD
300
A map is a good example of this type of educational visual because it shows step by step directions.
What is Organizational Visual
300
The parts of lowercase letters that are taller than the x-height.
What is ASCENDERS
300
The principle of design that states that you should group related items close to each other.
What is PROXIMITY
300
The name for colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel.
What is COMPLEMENTARY COLORS
300
The color model most often used for print.
What is CYMK
400
A teacher might use an image showing slices of pizza or pie to help students understand the difficult subject of fractions.
What is Interpretive Visual
400
A category of font that instead of showing letters and numbers uses small icon-type images
What is DINGBATS
400
The principle of design that states that you should not place anything in a design arbitrarily (randomly).
What is ALIGNMENT
400
A set of three colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel.
What is COLOR TRIAD
400
A process in design used to organize your workflow, identify your audience, explain reasons for your design, and get users to test the design
What is a JUSTIFICATION
500
Simple visuals like icons or road signs often fit into this category of educational visuals
What is REPRESENTATIVE VISUALS
500
A design is this, when you choose to use just one typeface add the other elements on teh page have the same qualities as that typeface. They all match
What is CONCORDANT
500
This principle of design encourages you to not be a wimp.
What is CONTRAST
500
One hue with a set of its corresponding tints and shades
What is MONOCHROMATIC COLOR
500
The year that John Debes coined the phrase "Visual Literacy"
What is 1969
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