Component 1 Flashcards
Whats the use of line
Can be used to communicate messages to the viewer
Used to add style, enhance comprehension, create
forms, and divide space by being a border around other design
elements or divider between them
Types of line
Vertical, horizontal, diagonal, zig zag , curved
Tone
Refers to how light or dark something is, provides contrast and definition
Primary colours
Red, blue , yellow
Secondary colours
Orange, green, purple
Tertiary colours
Colours made by mixing a primary and secondary colour
Monochrome colours
Colours of all the varieties of a single tone
Hue
Describes the actual colour
Tints and shades
Created by adding black or white to a colour to make it lighter or darker
The lighter variations of the colour are called tints and the darker variations are called shades
Complimentary colours
Contrast as one is a warm colour in the other is a cool colour
Opposite each other on the colour wheel
Used to make something stand out
Analogous
colours that are close to each other on the colour
wheel are said to be in ‘Harmony’ – yellow/green or
pink/purple
Also, colours derived from the same Hue work well
Discords
Discordant colours are colour combinations that contrast, clash, or “fight” rather
than harmonize.
Colour discord can make the viewer visually uncomfortable
Triadic colour combinations
equal distance between all colours.
All three colours are distributed evenly around the colour wheel, there is no clear dominance of one colour
one colou
Tetradic colour combinations
equal distance between all colours. All four colours are distributed evenly
around the colour wheel, there is no clear dominance of one colour
Colour saturation
purity and intensity of a colour as displayed in an image.
The higher the saturation of a colour, the more vivid and intense it is.
Typeface
The style of text that you can use, for example: Times New Roman, Ariel, Comic
Sans.
Font
A specific letter type consisting of upper and lower case
Times New Roman can be used in regular, italic, bold, condensed
Serif
• Baseline. The baseline is the imaginary horizontal
line on which most characters sit.
• Cap height. The cap height or capline is another
imaginary line.
• Crossbar. A stroke that connects two lines in the
capital letterforms of “A” and “H” is called a cro
Hierarchy
shows the reader which information to focus on, which is most important, and
which just supports the main points
Point size
Type is measured in points
Type arrangement/ alignment
Text can be arranged in a variety of ways such as ranged left, ranged right, centred, justified
Body copy/text
is the text forming the main content of a book, magazine, web page, or any other printed or digital wo
Rivers
rivers are gaps in typesetting which appear to run through a paragraph of text due to the alignment when text is Justified
Kerning
the spacing between individual letters or characters.
Leading
the space between multiple lines of type.
Tracking
term used to identify the way you decrease or increase the horizontal spacing between a range of letters or characters.
Opposites attract
The combining of different types styles, fonts, weights to create interesting typograp
The combining of different types styles, fonts, weights to create interesting typograp
Boundary line
A boundary line is one that occurs on part of a 3D object we cannot see behind this is mainly the edges of an object
A definition line
A definition line can be crated with a fine liner pen to enhance any internal lines of an object
Types of image files
JPEG- joint photographic experts groups
PNG- portable network graphics
PDF-portable document format
GIF- graphics interchange format
AI- adobe illustrator
