SHAPES
LINES
COLOR
DESIGN BASICS
ANYTHING GOES
100
Includes the solid forms, such as a bowl of fruit, in a drawing or painting.
What is "Positive Shape"?
100
Lines made by the edge of an object or its silhouette
What is "Outlines"?
100
The 3 basic artist colors-RED, YELLOW, AND BLUE, from which other colors can be produced, at least in theory.
What is "Primary Colors"?
100
A very critical principle which a designer uses to make decisions that visually control the design space through placement and relationship of elements or objects within a design
What is "Proximity"?
100
An element of design that gives the page layout a sense of wholeness.
What is "Balance"
200
Type of shape found in nature and includes leaves, seashells and flowers
What is "Organic Shape"
200
Lines that are energetic and catch the movement of an active figure
What is "Gesture Lines"
200
Colors that are formed by a combination of any two of the secondary colors.
What is "Tertiary colors"?
200
These 3 colors may be used with any color or combination of colors and result in perfect harmony.
What is "Black, white, and gray"?
200
Used to create contrast and add value to an object.
What is "Color"
300
Appears stable and resting
What is "Static"
300
Thick, thin, tapering, and uneven may all describe this characteristic of a line.
What is "Width"
300
Combination of colors that are in agreement or work well together to create different looks or feelings
What is "Color Harmony"
300
Management and arrangement of composition of graphic elements to visually distribute the weight of a design
What is "Balance"
300
When two or more colors appear to be different in some way, such as yellow and black, light and dark, warm versus cool, etc.
What is "Contrast"?
400
a Shape that appears to be moving and active
What is "Dynamic Shape"?
400
Precise, elegant handwriting or lettering done by hand
What is "Calligraphic"
400
White added to a color to make it lighter
What is "tint"?
400
Creating and varying patterns within a design
What is "Repetition"?
400
The purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray; intensity of distinctive hue; saturation of a color
What is "Chroma"?
500
A figure, object or mass within a 2D design, having height and weight but no depth
What is "Shape"?
500
Lines that describe the shape of an object and the interior detail
What is "Contour Lines"?
500
Shows the value between light and dark
What is "Value"
500
Principle that includes the arrangement or order of graphic elements within a design which places a logical visual order to each element through the use of cascading dominance
What is "Hierarchy"?
500
An overall design principle that provides comparison and ratios of one set of sizes and quantities with another
What is "Scale"?
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