Color Wheel
Painting
Vocabulary
100

What two colors make green?

Blue and Yellow

100

What is the rectangular (or square) surface you paint on called?

Canvas

100

What tools do you use to create a painting on a canvas? 

paint brush

200

What are complimentary colors?

Two colors across from one another on the color wheel that. When paired next to each other, they provide high contrast. 

200

What is it called when you mix and combine paint on the canvas to achieve a "fade" effect? (Hint: When you mix wet on wet directly on the canvas)

Blending

200

what is it called when a piece of art is not flat, has Length, width and depth, and can be seen from many angles? 

3-D

300

Are black and white technically considered colors or shades?

Shades
300

What is a foreground? 

Part of a view that is nearest the observer in a composition.

300

What is it called when a piece of art has length and width and is flat? 

2-D

400

What are the primary colors?

Blue, Yellow, Red

400

What is it called when something is behind the foreground in a painting? 

background

400

What is it called when you use words and text to create value in an image (instead of just coloring it in)?

Micrography

500

What are warm colors and cool colors?

Warm: Red, Orange, Yellow

Cool: Blue, Purple, Green

500

In our art class, do we paint with acrylic paint or oil paint?

Acrylic paint

500

The opposite of realistic is __________. 

Abstract