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Adjacent color: A color next to another color on the color wheel
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Arbitrary color: A color's value altered to reflect special emotions or aesthetics
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Color: Hue, value, and intensity all describe this element of art; artists may use local, optical, or arbitrary variations of this element of art
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Color relativity: According to this 19th-century discovery, colors next to another color change the color's intensity: similar colors decrease the color's intensity and contrasting colors increase the color's intensity
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Color wheel: This 18th-century invention built on Sir Isaac Newton's discoveries in the 17th century; this diagram of the 12 hues provides a chart which predetermines the results of mixing colors
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Complementary color: The hue directly across from another color on the color wheel; red versus green, for example
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Cool colors: Green, blue, and violet; seem to recede away from the viewer; hearken to cool forests, mountain lakes, or snow
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Elements of art: The rudimentary aspects of an artwork, including line, shape, form, space, color, and texture
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Form: Three-dimensional geometric or organic volume
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Grisaille: This type of artwork contains only black, white, or shades of gray
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Hue: The name of a color; black, white, and gray do not fit in this category
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Intensity: Identifies a color's brightness or purity; the three primary colors - red, yellow, and blue - represent the highest points of this attribute; mixing in neutrals or complementary colors detracts from this attribute
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Line: Fundamental element of art; refers to a point's path through space
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Local color: A color's value without reflections or lighting effects
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Neutral: Includes black, white, and all values of gray; these colors are not hues
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Optical color: A color's value with special lighting effects, such as moonlight or candlelight
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Perspective: The impression of depth as achieved through various techniques; Mannerist art deforms scale and this element of art
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Primary colors: Red, blue, and yellow; all other colors derive from mixtures of these colors
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Secondary colors: Orange, green, and violet; produced through combining two primary colors (red and yellow make orange, for example)
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Shade: Darker value of a color; opposite of a tint
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Shape: Two-dimensional geometric or organic area
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Space: The figures in an artwork form this positive area; the other areas in an
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Tertiary colors: Red-violet, red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, and blue-violet; produced through combining a primary color and a secondary color next to it on the color wheel (blue and green make blue-green, for example)
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Texture: The surface feel of a real or perceived object
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Tint: Lighter value of a color; opposite of a shade
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Value: Describes the amount of light or dark in a hue or gray
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Warm colors: Red, orange, and yellow; seem to move towards the viewer; hearken to warm sunlight, fire heat, or dry summer grass
