Elements of Design
Elements of Design
Principles of Design
Principles of Design
Colour and Other
100
Irregular and uneven shapes that often occur in nature.
What are freeform or organic shapes?
100
Lines that do not really exist but are used to show or create the outer edge of each shape.
What is an outline?
100
Equal or very similar elements are placed on opposite sides of a central axis
What is formal balance?
100
Books lined up on a shelf, cars parked in the Yorkdale parking lot, students standing in the cafeteria lineup.
What is regular rhythm?
100
Red, Yellow, and Blue
What are the primary colours?
200
The empty spaces between shapes or forms.
What is negative space?
200
A trail of footprints, a group of shapes in a row.
What are implied lines?
200
Refers to the relationship of one part to another. For example, the size of your hand in relation to the size of your head.
What is proportion?
200
Leaves that have fallen from a tree, cracks in the ground, a pile of clothes on the floor.
What is random rhythm?
200
Green, Orange, and Violet
What are the secondary colours?
300
The part of the picture that appears nearest to you.
What is the foreground in a picture plane?
300
Building lines one on top of the other in opposite directions to build and create value.
What is crosshatching?
300
Refers to size as measured against a standard reference. For example, the average adult male is 5'10.
What is scale?
300
Overlapping circles that get bigger and bigger as they progress
What is progressive rhythm?
300
Red and Green, Blue and Orange, Yellow and Violet
What are the complementary colours?
400
Decorative patterns that do not represent real surface qualities.
What is invented texture?
400
Lines that express feelings of peace, rest, quiet and stability.
What are horizontal lines?
400
When figures are arranged in a work of art where scale indicates importance. For example, a larger than life baby Jesus and Mother Mary.
What is hierarchical proportion?
400
A butterfly, a mirror reflection
What is symmetry?
400
-Yellow, Orange, Red -Red, Violet, Blue -Blue, Green, Yellow
What are analogous colours?
500
Imitates real textures such as a plastic tabletop made to look like wood.
What is simulated texture?
500
Lines that define the edges and inside lines of an object or subject.
What are contour lines?
500
Deviates from what is expected and normal. This is a powerful method of expression and can be used to show moods or feelings.
What is distortion?
500
It does not consist of two equal or nearly equal parts. It appears more realistic.
What is informal balance?
500
One colour and its values. Example: dark blue all the way to white blue.
What are monochromatic colour schemes?
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