Color Theory
Vocab
FG, MG, BG
Elements of Art
Miscellaneous
100

What are red, yellow, and blue?

Primary Colors

100

Drawing a picture of your own face

Self-Portrait

100

Usually the largest thing and closest to the viewer

Foreground

100

How an artwork feels

Texture

100

Pencils, markers, paint, clay are all

Media

200

Mixing a color with black

Shade

200

A painting of inanimate objects-like flowers or fruit

Still life

200

Which element are foreground, middleground, background included in?

Space

200

Lightness or darkness of a color

Value

200

Name all 7 elements of art

Line, Color, Shape, Space, Texture, Value, Form

300

Another word for color

Hue

300
Drawing without looking at your paper

Blind contour

300

When something is located behind the foreground, but is not all the way in the back

Middleground

300

A defined shape with a NAME?

Geometric Shape

300

Drawing what you see

Observational drawing

400

How can purple be warm and cool?

More red= warm

More blue=cool

400

Drawing movement

Gesture drawing

400
As a subject gets further away, what happens to the color?

More dull/ blurry

400

A shape that is 3D (not flat)

Form

400

Principle of Design: When you draw something much larger or smaller than it is in real life

Proportion/ Scale

500

What TERTIARY color can be made from mixing yellow and blue?

Yellow-green (Chartreuse)

Blue-green (Teal)

500

When lines are used to create value and they only go in ONE direction

Hatching

500

This is usually above the horizon line

Background

500
The elements of art are also known as...

The building blocks of art; the ingredients of art

500

When you combine elements of art you get...

Principles of Design