A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface. (horizontal, vertical, zig-zag, diagonal, for example)
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. Two goals of using this principle would be to guide a viewer's eye and to create a feeling of action.
What is movement?
100
A feeling that all of the parts are working together as a team - the quality of wholeness, oneness, completeness.
What is unity?
100
Red + Blue =
What is violet?
200
Any 3D object that can be measured by height, width and depth. (ex: cube, sphere, prism)
What is form?
200
Secondary colors
What are orange, green and violet (purple)?
200
Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewer's attention and makes it stand out.
What is emphasis?
200
A great difference between two things.
What is contrast?
200
The complimentary color of blue.
What is orange?
300
How something feels or looks like it feels. (ex: actual or visual)
What is texture?
300
Colors opposite each other on the color wheel.
What are complementary colors?
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
Another name for color.
What is hue?
300
The complementary color of red.
What is green?
400
Lightness and darkness (not the actual color of something)
What is value?
400
Mixing a secondary and primary color creates this.
What is a tertiary/intermediate color?
400
The relationship between size and scale. This principle allows us to discuss balance, size, and space.
What is proportion?
400
When a variety of elements work well together.
What is harmony?
400
Warm colors.
What are red, orange, and yellow?
500
Negative and positive
What is space?
500
Color scheme consisting of colors next to each other on the color wheel. (ex: Blue, Blue-green, and Green)
What are analogous colors?
500
A type of balance that is asymmetrical; that is it has different elements with equal weight.