Color Theory
Colors that contrast one another and are opposite on the color.
What are complementary colors?
A three-dimensional object defined by contour, height, depth, and width.
What is form?
The line created by the meeting of sky and ground at the viewer’s eye level.
What is a horizon line?
The area occupied by an object in an artwork.
What is positive space?
A shading technique using dots to create darker values.
What is stippling?
A term for a color that includes its tint, tone and shade.
What is monochromatic?
A two-dimensional area created by visually connecting lines.
What is shape?
Where parallel lines seem to converge, creating depth in linear perspective.
What a vanishing point?
The empty area surrounding an object in an artwork.
What is negative space?
A pattern of shapes that fit together without gaps.
What is a tessellation?
Name a pair of complementary colors.
Red and green, blue and orange, yellow and purple.
Geometric shapes are precise and regular, while organic shapes are irregular and free-form.
What is the difference between geometric and organic shapes?
Establishes the viewer's eye level and helps create perspective.
What is the horizon line?
An artwork that uses both positive and negative space.
What is a Notan?
A surface quality that you can actually feel.
What us actual or tactile texture?
The name for three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel?
What are analogous colors?
Name three elements of art.
Color, shape, form.
A technique used to create the illusion of depth on a flat surface.
What is linear perspective?
Describe a piece of art that uses space well.
What is Van Gogh's Bedroom?
A surface quality that gives the illusion of texture on a two dimensional drawing.
What is visual texture?
The name for two primary colors that are combined and make a third type of color.
What are tertiary colors?
The lightness or darkness of a color.
What is value?
By drawing lines that converge at the center of an artwork.
What is a vanishing point?
It helps artists create depth, balance, and emphasis in their work.
Why is understanding space important in art?
It enhances realism and draws attention to specific areas in an artwork.
What is texture?