Elements of Art
Elements and Color Schemes
Shading
Miscellaneous
Colors
100

An element of art defined as the path of a point moving through space

Line

100

The lightness or darkness of tones or colors. White is the lightest; black is the darkest. Halfway between these extremes is called middle gray.

Value

100

This type of shading is lines that all go one direction

Hatching
100

This is the horizontal line on which the vanishing point sits.

Horizon Line

100

On the color wheel, what comes after red?

Red-Orange

200

An element of art that is two-dimensional, flat, or limited to height and width

Shape

200

An element of art made up of three properties: hue, value, and intensity

Color

200

This type of shading is lines that go multiple directions, crossing over each other

Cross-Hatching

200

This is the dot that is placed on the horizon line, which all of your depth lines point back to

Vanishing point

200

Which color is between blue and violet?

Blue-Violet

300

An element of art by which positive and negative areas are defined or a sense of depth achieved in a work of art

Space

300

Name the three primary colors

Red, Yellow, Blue

300

This type of shading uses only dots to show value

Stippling

300

What art period was NOT one of the ancient art periods we learned about?

Medieval

300

What color is between Yellow-Green and Blue-Green?

Green

400

An element of art that refers to the way things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched

Texture

400

Name the three secondary colors

Orange, Green, Violet

400

This type of shading uses a stump or a finger to create smooth value transitions

Blending

400

Name 2 Tertiary Colors

Any of these:

Red-Orange

Yellow-Orange

Yellow-Green

Blue-Green

Blue-Violet

Red-Violet

400

What color is right BEFORE red?

Red-Violet

500

An element of art that is three-dimensional and encloses volume; includes height, width AND depth (as in a cube, a sphere, a pyramid, or a cylinder).

Form

500

Name the three pairs of complementary colors.

3 sets of 2 colors

Red and Green

Yellow and Violet

Blue and Orange

500

What do you call the shaded spectrum that shows values from dark to medium to light?

Value Scale

500

What is the correct way to name a tertiary color? 

Primary color first

Ex: Red-Orange NOT Orange-Red

500

If red is number 1, which color is number 6?

Yellow-Green

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