Elements
Color Theory
Principles
Principles 2
Grab Bag
100
A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface.
What is line?
100
Primary colors
What are red, blue and yellow?
100
A way of combining visual elements to produce a sense of action.
What is movement?
100
A feeling that all of the parts are working together in harmony.
What is unity?
100
A line that shows the outline of something or is like a coloring book page
What is a contour line?
200
Any three-dimensional object that can be measured by height, width and depth.
What is form?
200
Secondary colors
What are orange, green and violet?
200
Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewer's attention.
What is emphasis?
200
The arrangement of opposite elements to create excitement or drama
What is Contrast?
200
The common name for a color (no tints or shades added)
What is a hue?
300
Smoothness, roughness, softness, etc
What is texture?
300
The color scheme meaning one color plus it's tints and shades
What is monochromatic?
300
The use of different lines, shapes, textures, colors and other elements of design to create interest in a work of art.
What is variety?
300
This is created when the same shapes or elements are repeated in an organized manner
What is pattern?
300
The complimentary color of red.
What is green?
400
The lightness and darkness of a hue
What is value?
400
Mixing a secondary and primary color creates this.
What is a tertiary/intermediate color?
400
The relation of one object to another in size and scale
What is proportion?
400
A visual tempo or beat
What is rhythm?
400
When you add black to a hue you create this.
What is shade?
500
The element used to show distance in an image.
What is space?
500
You can make brown by mixing these colors.
What are the primaries?
500
A feeling of stability without an image being exactly the same on both sides
What is asymmetrical balance?
500
The kind of balance that is created around a central point
What is Radial Balance?
500
When you add white to hue you create this.
What is tint?