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Art Elements And Principles

Subjects : art, design
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Where the design radiates through a central point






2. Describes the feel of a n actual surface - 2 types: actual - and implied.






3. Colors that make you feel warm: red - yellow - and orange






4. The actual object - or subject matter






5. Looks like texture - but is actually on smooth - flat paper






6. Mixing one primary color and an adjacent secondary color






7. You need light in order to see color; color has three properties: hue - value - intensity






8. Describes the feel of a n actual surface - 2 types: actual - and implied.






9. What makes the art feel complete because everything seems to be in harmony and work together






10. Texture you can actually feel






11. Where both sides are not the same - one side is vicually heavier than the other






12. Name






13. Orange - green - and violet; made from mixing two primary colors together






14. Refers to the arragement of elements on either side of a center line: symmetrical - asymmetrical - and radial






15. How your eye is carried through a work of art - visual movement - through repitition of lines - shapes - color - etc.






16. Focal point - area of importance - what your eyes see first






17. Colors on both sides of the complement set






18. Adding black to a color to make it darker






19. Where both sides are not the same - one side is vicually heavier than the other






20. One color and the colors on both sides of its complement






21. Orange - green - and violet; made from mixing two primary colors together






22. Where the design radiates through a central point






23. Opposites on the color wheel; if mixed - dullness is increased






24. Refers to differences in values - colors - or other art elements






25. Red - yellow - and blue; from those three colors - all others can be made - but no other color can make these three






26. Birghtness of dullness of a color






27. Colors that make you feel cool: blue - green - and violet






28. Color combinations that are shades and tints of one color






29. Colors found side by side on the color wheel; always contians one common color






30. Three equally spaced colors on the color wheel






31. Color combinations that are shades and tints of one color






32. The areas around the positive space - usually the background






33. The same shapes of elements are repeated again and again






34. The same shapes of elements are repeated again and again






35. The areas above - below - around - or within something - 2 types: positive and negative






36. Adding white to a color to make it lighter






37. Refers to the arragement of elements on either side of a center line: symmetrical - asymmetrical - and radial






38. Looks like texture - but is actually on smooth - flat paper






39. Refers to differences in values - colors - or other art elements






40. Birghtness of dullness of a color






41. Black - gray - white - brown - tan - beige






42. Adding white to a color to make it lighter






43. Where things on either side of the center line are almost alike or identical






44. Where things on either side of the center line are almost alike or identical






45. The actual object - or subject matter






46. Colors on both sides of the complement set






47. How your eye is carried through a work of art - visual movement - through repitition of lines - shapes - color - etc.






48. Three equally spaced colors on the color wheel






49. What makes the art feel complete because everything seems to be in harmony and work together






50. Mixing one primary color and an adjacent secondary color