AAFCS Exam - Housing and Design Flashcards
Elements of design are ______. Just like the carpenter has a hammer and saw, the designer has elements.
tools
What are the four elements of design?
Line, Form, Color, & Texture
What is a line?
The extension of a point.
What are the four types of lines?
Horizontal, Vertical, Diagnol, & Curved
What are the four functions of a line?
Delineates space, outlines form, conveys a sense of direction or movement, & they can express feelings or emotions
Horizontal Lines
Parallel to the gound; Horizontal lines suggest a solid, harmonious relationship with the Earth; the Earth’s gravity has no further pull.
Solidity, stability, peaceful/restful; harmonious, weighty, secure
Vertical Lines
Perpendicular to the ground (ground up to the sky): Vertical lines lift the eye upward and suggest tallness or height
Dignified, stable, formal, imposing, strength
Diagnol Lines
Forms an angle with the ground; Diagonal lines are flexible because their exact direction may vary from shallow to steep angles; generally suggests movement
Action, movement, interest, stability
Curved Lines
Curved or circular lines provide relief and softness to straight and angular lines and balance the harshness of too many straight lines.
Soft, harmonizing, graceful, joyful
Eclectic is a term that refers to “____________” of types.
combination
Zigzag Lines
Zigzag lines are short diagonal lines that reverse upon themselves and form a regular or irregular pattern. A zigzag line can be one single line or several in a set.
Exciting, lively, rhythmic movement
Line is one-dimensional, shape is two-dimensional, and form is _________-dimensional. What are those three dimensions?
Three
Length, width, and depth
What are the four different types of form?
Realistic, Abstract, Geometric, & Free
Realistic Form is the type of form that _______
“looks like the real thing”
Abstract Form is the type of form that _______
alters a recognizable object to be more contemporary
Geometric Form is the type of form that _______
uses geometric figures to create an object
Free Form is the type of form that _______
is random, untraditional with a sense of freedom
What feelings and emotions does a curved line communicate?
lines suggest “soft, feminine, gracefulness, playfulness, and zest”
What feelings and emotions does a horizontal line communicate?
lines suggest “formality, dignity, and strength”
What forms/shapes use a curved line?
Sphere, cylinder, or cone
What forms/shape use a horizontal line communicate?
Cube or a rectanglar form translate into 3-Dimensional home furnishings (ex. box)
What are the two guidelines for using form?
- Form allows function
- Related forms are more aggreable than unrelated forms (A room is more pleasing if the form of the dominant piece is repeated in minor pieces and accessories within a room?
.Color is a property of ______________________. A color spectrum is produced by a beam of light as it passes through a prism.
light
The color wheel system, based on three primary colors, is known as the __________________ - System.
Brewster; it may also be called the Prang System
Each color on the color wheel is a true ________.
“hue”
_________________________ colors are those that cannot be mixing two other colors together (red, blue, yellow).
Primary
A _____________________ is color from a biological source, which for the purposes of housing and interior design can be derived from synthetic or natural sources.
Pignment
___________________________ colors are those that can be made by mixing two primary colors together (orange, violet, green).
Secondary
____________________ or intermediate colors are those made by mixing a primary with a secondary color. The primary color is always named first. The number of these colors can go on indefinitely.
Tertiary
