Line, Shape, and Form
Color and Value
Space and Texture
Balance, Emphasis, and Proportion
Pattern, Movement, Unity, and Variety
100
A moving point in space.
What is a line?
100
Primary colors of traditional art.
What are red, yellow, and blue?
100
Distances and areas around between and within components in an image.
What is space?
100
Equal visual weight within a composition.
What is balance?
100
The use of an element over and over again in a consistent manner.
What is pattern?
200
Shapes that are natural or freeform.
What are organic shapes?
200
Pictures with one shade of color.
What are monochromatic images?
200
The background of an image.
What is negative space?
200
A mirror image composition.
What is symmetrical balance?
200
A movement in which some elements recur regularly and that takes the viewer through the image.
What is rhythm?
300
A 3-D object with shading.
What is form?
300
Green and Red Violet and Yellow Orange and Blue
What are complementary colors?
300
The foreground or subject of the image.
What is positive space?
300
Circular composition that occurs when objects radiate from a central point.
What is radial balance?
300
The use of diverse art elements in a picture
What is variety?
400
Shapes that are precise and regular.
What are geometric shapes?
400
Red, Orange, and Yellow
What are warm colors?
400
The object closest to the viewer.
What is foreground?
400
Focal point or the main idea of an image.
What is emphasis?
400
Image where the viewer’s eye works through the image.
What is implied movement?
500
Lines that are created by three or more objects.
What is an implied line?
500
Violet, blue, and green
What are cool colors?
500
The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.
What is texture?
500
The relative size and scale of the various elements in a design.
What is proportion?
500
Where the object/subjects are clear and the background has blurred motion.
What is motion blur?
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