Color Schemes
Color
Elements of Art
Media
Odds & Ends
100
red, yellow, and blue
What is a primary color scheme?
100
Blue + red
What is violet?
100
dotted, dashed, horizontal, vertical, wavy.
What is a line?
100
The name of the hairs in a paintbrush.
What are bristles?
100
This artist painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci ?
200
Secondary
What is green, violet & orange
200
All colors added together make this.
What is black?
200
Geometric, free-form or organic
What is a shape?
200
A material used to draw that is made from colored wax that is melted and molded.
What is a crayon?
200
This artist painted "Starry Night" and "Sunflowers".
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
300
black, grey, white
What is a neutral color scheme?
300
Adding white to any color.
What is a tint?
300
How things feel or look as if they might feel if touched.
What is texture?
300
A type of art that does not look like it represents a real thing in the world.
What is abstract art?
300
This female artist painted abstract art of flowers and the southwest.
Who is Georgia O'Keefe?
400
Cool colors.
What are blue, green, violet?
400
Adding black to any color.
What is a shade?
400
Any object that can me measured in length width and depth.
What is form?
400
A style of drawing slowly using lines that follow the edges of the object.
What is contour drawing?
400
Material from the soil that is fired in a kiln to harden.
What is clay?
500
Colors next to each other on the color wheel. (Neighbors)
What is analogous or intermediate color scheme?
500
Color pairs across from each other on the color wheel. Example -red/green
What complementary color pairs?
500
Lightness and darkness of a color or object
What is value?
500
Artwork that is produced using many different materials.
What is multi-media or mixed-media?
500
A type of paint that you add water to make it lighter and transparent.
What is watercolor?