A two-dimensional area made by connecting lines that establish the contour of an object.
What is shape.
100
When you add black to a color you create a _________.
What is a shade.
100
The repetition or reoccurrence of a design element, exact or varied, which establishes a visual beat.
What is pattern.
100
When the eye is compelled to move through one object on to another within the piece of art.
What is continuation.
100
This refers to how intense the hue is of something.
What is saturation.
200
The path of a moving point at the edge of a flat shape, or outline of a solid object.
What is line.
200
Purple, green, orange.
What are the secondary colors.
200
The impression of equilibrium in a pictorial or sculptural composition. Can be symmetrical or asymmetrical or radial.
What is balance.
200
When an object is incomplete however enough of it is present for the eye to complete the shape.
What is closure.
200
When light is reflected off of something like a painting or a poster and it is in the RYB color model.
What is subtractive.
300
The appearance of lights and darks found in a work of art. These range from black to white with numerous shades of gray in between.
What is value.
300
Colors that are directly opposite of each other on the color wheel are called ______________ colors.
What is complementary.
300
The suggestion of motion through the use of various elements.
What is rhythm or movement.
300
When your brain tends to organize visual elements into groups or "unified wholes" when certain principles are applied.
What is gestalt.
300
Everything is the same hue, but we are going to make tints and shades by adding white or black (and specific colors.)
What is monochromatic.
400
The three dimensional projection of a shape, it has volume, dimension, and appears to have mass.
What is form.
400
The transition of light to dark for a specific color in about ten steps.
What is tonal value.
400
The coherence of the whole, the sense that all of the parts are working together to achieve a common result - a harmonious sense of completion.
What is unity.
400
When most of the shapes appear as a single unit, however one is dissimilar to the others for emphasis.
What is an anomally.
400
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel are called _______________ colors.
What is analogous.
500
The interval of measurable distance between pre-established points. Can be limited or shallow, or extended or deep, two dimensional or three.
What is space.
500
When mixing colors, if you begin by adding first the base color to the color you are working with, then you mix in the next color up on the color wheel you are making the color ___________.
What is brighter.
500
The created center of interest, the place in an artwork where your eye first lands.
What is emphasis.
500
When the eye differentiates an object from its surrounding area. Balancing this can make the perceived image more clear.
What is figure and ground.
500
Two colors that are the same value but opposite hues are called ______________.