Elements of Design
Principles of Design
Artists
Challenging
Miscellaneous
100
These three colors are made from the primary colors.
What are orange, green and purple. (secondary colors)
100
This describes when an object is placed over another object to create space or depth in an artwork.
What is overlapping.
100
He painted "Starry Night"
Who is Vincent Van Gogh.
100
This word describes a color that is mixed with white to make it lighter.
What is a tint.
100

An object that is far away and smallest in the picture.

What is the background.

200
This is a mark that moves across the page. Sometimes it can be horizontal, vertical, straight, curvy, or zig-zagged.
What is a line.
200

This balance is when both sides are the same.

What is symmetry.

200

Edvard Munch created this painting. 

What is The Scream.

200
A symbol for a company, product or service is this.
What is a logo.
200
This has length and width and is flat.
What is two-dimensional (2-D).
300

These colors are on opposite sides of the color wheel.

What are complementary colors.

300
This describes when something repeats itself over and over again.
What is repetition.
300

This artist's work included broken up shapes or cubes. Often times when he created a portrait, the eyes and noses would be placed in silly places and abstracted.

Who is Pablo Picasso.

300

This describes when an artwork is not supposed to look like anything. The work has many lines, shapes and colors.

What is abstract.

300
Something that has length, width, and depth (thickness). It pops out at you and is not flat. You can see it from many sides or angles.
What is three-dimensional (3-D)
400
This describes how something feels.
What is texture.
400

This describes a repeated decorative design.

What is a pattern.

400

This artist painted the "Sunday Afternoon." He used dots of paint.

Who is Georges Seurat.

400

The object that is closest and the largest in scale in a picture is in this ground.

What is foreground.

400

Art that looks real.

What is realistic.

500

This describes the lightness or darkness of a color.

What is value.

500

This describes creating motion.

What is movement.

500

He painted the Mona Lisa.

Who is Leonardo DaVinci.

500

This word describes a color mixed with black.

What is a shade.

500

This is used to "fire" clay. Another term is "clay oven."

What is a kiln.