Ch.2 Elements of design Flashcards
The basic shape and configuration of an object or space
Form
A position with no dimension. Practically, it is perceived when a two dimensional a perceived object appears relatively small in relation to a plane against which it is seen. Although they are typically conceived as very small dots, they can also be any shape as long as it’s dimension is very small in relation to its background
Point
An object or form whose actual or visual length greatly exceeds any actual width or depth it may have
Line 
Types of lines that are generally perceived as restful, stable, and related to the plane of the earth
Horizontal
Types of lines that are usually seen it was strength, equilibrium, performance, and it’s strong upward movement
 vertical
Types of lines that usually represent movement either up or down depending on the slope of the line
 diagonal
Type of lines that relate to a more natural world and the human body. They are graceful and suggest gentle movement. They can either be geometric or free form
Curved
It’s form with two dominant dimensions, length and width
Plane
The true three dimensional aspect of interior design because an object with this is clearly perceived as a special form having length width and depth. This can either be solid or void, sometimes referred to as positive or negative space
Volume
A form that has mass and appears to occupy space
Solid
Space itself, defined by planes or other elements
Void
The unique characteristics of an object or space that defines it as distinct from adjacent objects or spaces
Shape
The relative size of some thing as related to another element
Scale
Simply the relationship of parts of a composition to each other and to the whole
Proportion
A physical property of visible light that is one part of a larger electromagnetic spectrum, which also includes other radiation in like x-rays and infrared light. Each one is differentiated from the others by its wavelength.
 Color
What color has the longest wavelength of the visible spectrum
Red
What color has the shortest wavelength on the visible spectrum
Violet
What are colors created with light called
Additive colors
What are colors created with pigments called
Subtractive colors
What are the three primary colors of light
Red green and blue
What are the three primary colors of pigment
Yellow red and blue
The basic color, the attribute by which, for example blue is distinct from red
Hue
Describe the degree of lightness or darkness of a color in relation to white and black
Value
Defined by the degree of purity of the hue when compared with a neutral gray of the same value
Intensity or chroma
What is it called when white is added to a hue
Tint 
What is it called when black is added to a hue
Shade
What is it called when gray is added to a hue
Tone
Familiar color wheel that organizes color pigments into three primary colors of red, blue, and yellow. When primary colors are mixed an equal amounts, they produce secondary colors of violet, orange, and Greene. Intern, when a primary color is mixed with an adjacent secondary color on the color wheel, a tertiary color is created.
Brewster color system also known as prang color system
Defines color more accurately than the color wheel and uses three scales in three dimensions to specify the values, Hugh, and chroma. There are five principal hues designated by a single letter, and five intermediate Hughes, designated by two letters, all arranged in a circle. Each of these 10 years is subdivided into four parts and given the numbers 2.5, five, 7.5, and 10. Each of the 10 basic uses given the number five, indicating that they are midway between the adjacent Hughes and represent the most saturated color of that particular hue. When necessary, the colors can be further subdivided into 100 different hues
Munsel color system
Colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel that reinforce each other
Complimentary colors
This type of color scheme employs one here with variations only in intensity and value. This system is fairly easy to develop and almost always works, they can become monotonous if used in an area that is occupied continuously
Monochromatic color scheme
You just use that are close to each other on the color wheel. This type of colors game I include a combination as one primary color, one secondary, and one cursed tertiary between them, or one primary one secondary with the colors on either side of them.
Analogous color scheme
A color scheme in which a color on one side of the color wheel is used with two hues that lineup on either side of the opposite complementary color
Split complementary color scheme
Type of color scheme that uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel, such as yellow orange green blue and red violet
Triad color scheme
Set a color scheme is a spore colors that are equally spaced it on the color wheel, these are different to do well because a wide range of color is used.
Tetrad color scheme
The surface quality of a material
Texture
The physical qualities that can be sense to buy touch; the smoothness of a polished marble, the roughness of concrete, or the fuzziness of a wool fabric
Actual texture
What people imagine a surface to be simply by looking at it and based on the memory of a similar texture
Visual texture
The repetition of decorative motif on a surface. It is closely related to texture, but the individual elements of a pattern are usually discernible
Pattern
The means by which all other aspects of environment are seen, it strongly affects how a space is perceived
Light
