Elements
Principles
Color Theory
Color Wheel
Color Miscellaneous
100
Defined by a point moving in space. May be two-or three-dimensional, descriptive, implied, or abstract.
What is line?
100
Used to create the look and feeling of action and to guide the viewer’s eye throughout the work of art.
What is movement?
100
A color plus white; a pastel
What a tint?
100
Red, Blue, and Yellow
What are primary colors?
100
A chart that shows the relationship of different colors to each other.
What is the color wheel?
200
Made up of three properties: hue, value, and intensity. • Hue: name of the _________ • Value: hue’s lightness and darkness • Intensity: quality of brightness and purity
What is color?
200
A way of combining elements to stress the differences between those elements.
What is emphasis?
200
A color plus black
What is a shade?
200
Orange, Violet, and Green
What are secondary colors?
200
Red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, and red-orange.
What are tertiary colors?
300
Refers to the way things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched.
What is texture?
300
A way of combining elements to add a feeling of equilibrium or stability to a work of art. Major types are symmetrical and asymmetrical.
What is balance?
300
The color complimentary to red.
What is green?
300
Yellow, red, orange, pink, and brown
What are warm colors?
300
The colors opposite each other on the color wheel.
What are complementary colors?
400
Three-dimensional and encloses volume; includes height, width AND depth (as in a cube, a sphere, a pyramid, or a cylinder). May also be free-flowing or organic.
What is form?
400
A design that has been repeated in an organized way.
What is pattern?
400
Having more than one color.
What is polychromatic?
400
Blue, blue-green, green, and violet.
What are cool colors?
400
Black, white, or grey
What are neutral colors?
500
The lightness or darkness of tones or colors. White is the lightest; black is the darkest.
What is value?
500
Refers to the relationship of certain elements to the whole and to each other.
What is proportion?
500
Free of color; consisting of neutrals only.
What is achromatic?
500
Hues that are next to each other on the color wheel.
What are analogous colors?
500
The color complimentary to yellow.
What is violet?