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Elements of Art
Principles of Design
Groups
Miscellaneous
Subject Matter
100
This element of art is the way something feels, or the way it looks like it should feel.
What is texture?
100
This describes when an object is placed so that it covers part of another object to create space or depth in an artwork.
What is overlapping?
100
This color group contains colors which cannot be made through mixing- Red, Yellow and Blue.
What are the primary colors?
100
This word describes a color that is mixed with white to make it lighter.
What is a tint?
100
This type of art shows an image of the outside world.
What is a landscape?
200
This element of art is the path of a moving dot. Sometimes it can be horizontal, vertical, straight, curvy, or zig-zagged.
What is line?
200
This type of balance describes when a design is the same (equal) on both sides.
What is symmetry (symmetrical)?
200
This group of colors can be made by mixing two primary colors.
What are the secondary colors?
200
This word describes a color that is mixed with black to make it darker.
What is a shade?
200
This type of art is an image where a person is the subject matter.
What is a portrait?
300
This element of art has two dimensions (height and width) and encloses space. It can be classified as either geometric or free form (organic).
What is shape?
300
This describes when something repeats itself over and over again.
What is repetition?
300
This color group contains colors which can be made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color.
What are the intermediate colors?
300
This is the line which separates the sky from the ground in a landscape.
What is the horizon line?
300
This type of art is an arrangement of inanimate (non-moving) objects.
What is a still life?
400
This element of art has height, width, and depth (thickness). It pops out at you and is not flat. You can see it from many sides.
What is form?
400
This is a type of balance when a design is the same no matter how it is turned (same on all sides).
What is radial balance?
400
This group of colors contains Blue, Green and Violet (Purple).
What are the cool colors?
400
This type of sculpture is flat on one side, while 3-D on the other (cannot be viewed from all sides).
What is a relief sculpture?
400
Artwork that looks like real life.
What is realism (realistic)?
500
This element of art describes the lightness or darkness of a color.
What is value?
500
This type of balance is uneven (not equal on both sides).
What is asymmetry (asymmetrical)?
500
This group of colors contains Red, Yellow and Orange.
What are the warm colors?
500
This type of sculpture can be viewed from all sides.
What is sculpture-in-the-round?
500
This describes artwork which looks like lines, shapes and colors; not realistic.
What is abstract?