Colors
Principles of Art & Design
Drawing
Drawing/Painting
Materials
100

The set of colors that all other colors can be created by mixing. These colors cannot be created by mixing any colors together.

Primary Colors (Red, Blue, Yellow)

100

The placement or arrangement of visual elements in an artwork.

Composition

100

The lightness or darkness of an area in an artwork.  This is often used to create three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.

Value

100

Artists use ____ to show the illusion that objects are becoming farther away from the viewer.

Perspective

100

Artists mix their paints in a…

Palette

200

When two secondary colors are mixed together, you create a…

Tertiary color (red-orange, blue-violet, yellow-green)

200

The surface quality of a work of art; the illusion of having a specific feeling to a surface.

Texture

200

Artists use this tool when recreating an image to assure that all sizes and placements are exact according to the original.

Grid Method

200

The point that all lines lead to when making an object appear three-dimensional.

Vanishing Point

200

Charcoal is made from...

Wood

300

When two primary colors are mixed together, you create a…

Secondary Color (Orange, Green, Purple)

(Red + Blue = Purple)

300

When an element (colors, shapes, lines) repeats itself consistently.

Pattern

300

An artwork that is primarily depicting nature; plants, animals, the sky, etc.

Landscape

300

When using watercolors, how do you make a color lighter?

Add water

300

If there is a lot of charcoal or chalk dust on your artwork, what is the best way to get it off of your paper?

Tap it off

400

When all three of the primary colors are mixed together, what color does it make?

Brown

400

Equal distribution of visual weight throughout an artwork.

Balance

400

An artwork that is primarily depicting man-made objects within an outdoor setting.

Cityscape

400

When using acrylics or tempera, how do you make a color lighter?

Add white

400

A waxy drawing material that appears similar to paint.

Oil Pastels

500

What is it called when colors are opposite each other on the color wheel?

Complementary Colors

*Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel +20

500

The comparison of size, placement and angle of objects/items according to one another.

Proportion

500

An artwork that mainly contains the human face.

Portrait

*When drawing the eyes on the face, where do they go? +10

500

The repetition of lines drawn closely together to create the illusion of shading and/or texture.

Hatching

*The drawing technique that uses small dots to create shading and/or texture. +10

*The drawing technique that uses a circular motion to create shading and/or texture. +20

500

Compressed powdered pigment used for drawing.

Chalk Pastels