Art Concepts
A two-dimensional area defined in some way
What is shape in art?
The area between, around, above, below, or within objects
What is space in art?
The lightness or darkness of a color
What is value in art?
A light value of a hue made by mixing with white
What is a tint?
The spectrum bent into a circle
What is a color wheel?
Vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curved, zigzag
What are the five types of lines?
An element derived from reflected light
What is color in art?
Red, blue, yellow
What are the primary colors?
A dark value of a hue made by adding black
What is a shade?
Finely ground, colored powders that form paint when mixed with liquid
What are pigments in art?
The path of a moving point through space
What is a line in art?
How things feel or look as if they might feel if touched
What is texture in art?
Orange, green, purple
What are secondary colors?
The brightness or dullness of a hue
What is intensity in color?
Equal elements on opposite sides of a central axis
What is formal balance?
Balance, emphasis, movement, pattern, repetition, proportion, rhythm, unity, variety
What are the principles of art?
Artwork created by pasting materials to a flat surface
What is a collage?
By mixing two primary colors
How are secondary colors created?
Colors that sit side by side on the color wheel
What are analogous colors?
Balance of unlike objects
What is informal balance?
Line, shape, form, space, color, value, texture
What are the basic elements of art?
Equalizing visual forces in a work of art
What is balance in art?
Colors opposite each other on the color wheel
What are complementary colors?
A color scheme using only one hue and its tints and shades
What is a monochromatic color scheme?
Forces or elements radiating from a central point
What is radial balance?