Elements
A point moving through space.
What is line?
Primary colors
What are red, blue and yellow?
Using elements to guide your eye across the work.
What is movement?
A feeling of "oneness" that is created when all the parts of a work or pieces in a series look like they belong together.
What is unity?
The building blocks of all color. They cannot be made from other colors, but they can be used to make all colors.
What are the primary colors?
A 3D object or an object that appears to be 3D.
What is form?
Secondary colors
What are orange, green and violet?
When one part of a work stands out above the rest.
What is emphasis?
Putting opposites together to make each other stand out.
What is contrast?
Common name or category that a color falls into.
What is hue?
How a surface feels or how it looks like it might fee. Smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.
What is texture?
A color that is neither warm nor cool.
What is a neutral?
The use of different lines, shapes, textures, colors and other elements to create visual interest in a work of art.
What is variety?
A motif that is repeated throughout the design.
What is pattern?
Adding black to a hue creates this.
What is a shade?
Lightness or darkness
What is value?
Mixing a primary color and a (nearby) secondary color creates this.
What is a tertiary color?
The size of one object in relation to another. This can be realistic or exaggerated.
What is proportion?
A list of techniques that help you to effectively use the elements of art.
What are the principles of design?
("principles" is fine too)
The complementary color of red.
What is green?
1.The area that something occupies. It can be negative or positive.
2. A sense of depth in a work of art.
What is space?
The cool colors.
What are blue, green, and violet?
The equal distribution of visual weight --- that radiates out from the center of a work.
What is radial balance?
This is achieved when the visual "weight" in a work is equally distributed --- but varies in size, color, or shape.
What is asymmetrical balance?
When you add white to a hue you create this.
What is tint?