Elements 1
The element that refers to something as being positive or negative.
What is space?
The principle of art that refers to the distribution of visual weight in a work of art.
What is balance?
The grouping of colors that include: red, blue and yellow.
What are primary colors?
This is used by artists to create dominance and focus in a work of art.
What is emphasis?
Circles, squares, rectangles and triangles are all examples of this.
What are geometric shapes?
The element of art that can best direct a viewer's eye throughout a work of art and is also used as the starting point for most art.
What is line?
The principle of art that works with movement to create a repetition of the elements of art.
What is rhythm?
These are the colors that are made by mixing 2 primary colors together.
What are secondary colors?
When the different elements and principles are used in a way that creates harmony within a completed work of art.
What is unity?
This type of rhythm changes an object's color or shape little by little every time it is repeated.
What is gradated rhythm?
The element that refers to the lightness or darkness of a color or object.
What is value?
Using opposing elements of art within a work of art to make certain areas stand out.
What is contrast?
The color scheme that includes colors that recede in space, such as blue and green.
What are cool colors?
When the elements of art are used in set repetitions to create variety, and enhance the surface of a work of art.
What is pattern?
Unlike shape, this element has a third dimension: depth.
What is form?
The term used to describe areas or objects that take up space.
What is positive space?
If the viewers eye does not follow a path through an artwork, then the artwork lacks this principle of art.
What is movement?
The location of the 3-5 colors within an analogous color scheme.
What is next to each other on the color wheel?
These are the 7 principles of art.
What are balance, pattern, movement, rhythm, contrast, emphasis and unity?
In a work of art, this is the area where the viewer's eye repeatedly moves towards.
What is a focal point?
The type of texture you can feel when you touch a surface.
What is actual (or applied) texture?
These are the names of the three types of balance.
What is symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial?
This is the color scheme where only one color and its range of values are used within the entire work of art.
What is monochromatic?
This determines how the elements of art are used, organized and arranged within a work of art.
What is the role of the principles of art?
This is the term used to explain why objects in nature become lighter in value as they move further away in space.
What is atmospheric perspective?