Elements of Art and Design
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cflores585 on December 14, 2011
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Line | Path of moving point, defines shapes & creates feelings. Can vary in depth, width and direction. Can have characteristics and qualities. |
| Value (tone) | Graduations of light to dark. |
| Tint | lightness of color |
| Shade | darkness of color |
| texture | surface quality of object or material. |
| tactile | actual |
| perceived | visual (we can see or imagine) |
| Shape | lines enclosing space creates shapes. Shape: 2D, organic, inorganic, free-form, geometric, open, closed flat, neutral |
| Form | 3D value or illusion of 3D mass |
| Pattern | a repeated combination of any element of art and design. Repetition of color, lines, shapes, etc |
| Color | visual sensation depending on reflection and absorption of light from a surface. |
| Primary colors | red, yellow, blue |
| Secondary colors | green, orange, violet |
| intermediate colors | RO, YO, RV, BV, BG, VG, |
| complementary colors | opposite on the color wheel |
| Monochromatic colors | change by adding different amounts of white and black. |
| space | -Foreground -Middleground -Background |
| negative space | empty area around subject |
| positive space | subject |
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