Elements
A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface.
What is line?
Primary colors
What are red, blue and yellow?
A way of combining visual elements to produce a sense of action.
What is movement?
A feeling that all of the parts are working together as a team - the quality of wholeness.
What is unity?
Red + Blue =
What is violet?
Any three dimensional object that can be measured by height, width and depth.
What is form?
Secondary colors
What are orange, green and violet?
Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewer's attention.
What is emphasis?
A large difference between two things or colors.
What is contrast?
The complimentary color of blue and green.
What is orange and red?
Smoothness, roughness, softness in visual
What is texture?
Blue, Blue-green, Green is an example of...
What are analogous colors?
Adding ________________ to your composition will make it appear more interesting and balanced.
What is variety?
Common name for a pure color.
What is hue?
The complimentary color of yellow.
What is purple?
Lightness and darkness of any objects color or shadow
What is value?
Mixing a secondary and primary color creates this.
What is a tertiary/intermediate color?
The picture contains repetition of colors and/or lines
What is pattern?
When light bends or refracts it creates this.
What is color?
When you add black or white to a hue you create this.
What is tints and shades?
Shows depth using Negative and positive areas
What is space?
Mixing two complimentary colors makes this.
What are neutrals?
A feeling of stability within a picture; could be symmetrical or asymmetrical.
What is balance?
Having only 2 dimensions: height and width. Is generally organic or geometric.
What is shape?
The color wheel can be divided into two basic categories
What is warm and cool colors?