Colour Theory
Vocabulary
Art History
Famous Artists
100

What are the 3 primary colours?

Magenta (red), yellow and blue.

100

What is a value?

Degrees of lightness or darkness of a colour.

100

What art style does not reference any real images?

Abstract Expressionism

100

Which artist created prints of Campbell's soup cans, Marilyn Monroe, and various celebrities of the time?

Andy Warhol
200

What are the 3 secondary colours?

Purple, Orange and Green.

200

What is contour?

The outside line work of a drawing.

200

What type of art references POP culture?

Pop Art

200

Which famous artist is known for cutting off his own ear?

Vincent Van Gogh

300

How would you mix the colour brown?

Add all 3 primary colours (red, yellow, and blue).

300

What is composition?

The method of organizing objects in your drawing to create harmony between the elements on your page.

300

What type of art references figurative imagery with geometric shapes and shattered images?

Cubism

300

Which famous artist painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo DaVinci

400

What are complimentary colours? Give an example.

Colours that are opposite to each other on the colour wheel. 

Examples: 

(red and green)

(blue and orange)

(purple and yellow)

400

What is figurative vs. non-figurative art?

Figurative art references the real world (humans, plants, landscapes, etc.)

Non-figurative art has no reference. It is abstract.

400

What type of art features thick expressive brushstrokes?

Impressionism

400

Which famous Mexican artist has a well known self-portrait featuring monkeys, flowers and thick eyebrows?

Frida Khalo

500

How do you create lighter and darker values?

Add white to lighten and black to darken.

500

What is juxtaposition?

When you have two things that do not normally belong together in one image.

500

What type of art references dreamlike imagery and the subconscious mind? 

Surrealism?

500

Which famous artist created the painting "The Persistence of Memory" which features melting clocks in a desert landscape.

Salvador Dali