Color
This primary color is often associated with calmness and stability.
What is blue?
This type of line runs from top to bottom and can create a sense of height in a design.
What is a vertical line?
This basic geometric shape has four equal sides and four right angles.
What is a square?
This type of texture can be felt with your hand.
What is tactile texture?
This element is often the first noticed by viewers and can be used to evoke emotions and set the mood in a composition.
What is color?
This term refers to the brightness or dullness of a color.
What is saturation?
This type of line is often associated with calmness and stability, typically running parallel to the horizon.
What is a horizontal line?
This shape is defined by three sides and three angles.
What is a triangle?
This is the area around or between objects in a design.
What is negative space?
This element refers to the lightness or darkness of an object, which can be used to create contrast and depth.
What is value?
This color scheme involves using different shades of a single color.
What is monochromatic?
This type of line is typically used to define the edges of shapes and forms.
What is an outline?
This element gives shapes a three-dimensional appearance.
What is form?
This type of space is filled with objects, patterns, or details.
What is positive space?
The element that defines the surface quality of an object, whether smooth, rough, soft, or hard.
What is texture?
This color is created by mixing equal parts of two primary colors.
What is a secondary color?
These lines do not exist physically but are suggested by the arrangement of other elements in a design.
What are implied lines?
This type of shape is irregular and often found in nature.
What is an organic shape?
This term describes how texture can be perceived visually without being physically touched.
What is visual texture?
This element involves the relationship between objects in a composition, particularly how they fill the area.
What is space?
This color harmony uses colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.
What is complementary?
A line that consists of a series of short, disconnected segments.
What is a dashed line?
This term describes shapes that can be measured with mathematical formulas.
What are geometric shapes?
This effect occurs when the size, placement, and overlap of objects create the illusion of depth on a flat surface.
What is perspective?
This element is essential in creating a sense of depth or perspective in a two-dimensional work.
What is form?