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Color Theory
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100

How light or dark something is.

VALUE

100

In this technique, values have a smooth transition between one another.

BLENDING

100

This artist uses color to create drip installation art.

JEN STARK

100

These two colors can be mixed to create ORANGE.

RED AND YELLOW

100

Mathematical shapes such as triangles, squares, circles

GEOMETRIC SHAPES

200

The way we see different shades and tones. These can be found on a wheel.

COLORS

200

In this technique, we use dots in various amounts and proximity to create value.

STIPPLING

200

This artist had synesthesia. He is known as a pioneer in the abstract art movement.

WASSILY KANDINSKY

200

These two colors mix to create GREEN.

YELLOW AND BLUE

200

Colors in a circular arrangement organized by their chromatic relationship to one another.

COLOR WHEEL

300

A point that moves from one direction to another. They can be thick, thin, straight or curving.

LINES

300

In this technique, we use lines moving in one direction to create value.

HATCHING

300

This artist is famous for painting the Mona Lisa.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

300

The type of color produced when mixing two primary colors.

SECONDARY COLORS

300

This word describes a 3D piece of art.

SCULPTURE

400

Creating variation of value in artwork.

SHADING

400

In this technique, we use intersecting lines to create value.

Cross-Hatching

400

This artist painted Starry Night and Sunflowers.

VINCENT VAN GOGH

400

Colors across from each other on the color wheel

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

400

A painting or drawing of objects placed in an arrangement.

STILL-LIFE

500

This type of shape, often curvilinear in appearance, that are similar to those found in nature.

ORGANIC SHAPES

500

We use line and shape to create one of these - a repeated decorative design.

PATTERN

500

This artist is known for the Pop Art movement. He painted Campbell's Soup cans and celebrities like Marilyn Monroe.

ANDY WARHOL

500

A tertiary color is made when we mix what two types of colors?

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY

500

Pablo Picasso was an artist that what a pioneer of what art style/movement?

CUBISM