Elements And Principles Flashcards
work well when you want something to stand out.
Complementary color
They usually match well and create serene and comfortable designs
Analogous
often found in nature and are harmonious and pleasing to the eye.
Analogous
tend to be quite vibrant, even if you use pale or unsaturated versions of your hues.
Triadic color
This rich color scheme offers plenty of possibilities for variation.
Tetradic
It is associated with the body in upright standing position and generally express poise, alertness, equilibrium, firmness, strength, at the same time that it connotes a static position though not without tension.
Vertical lines
On the moral plane, it is translated into qualities of uprightness, integrity, dignity, and formality, as well as the impersonality of law, intellectual order and discipline.
Vertical lines
This indicates rest, repose, calmness, quietness and inaction.
Horizontal line
It is associated with the body forward and charging purposefully towards an objective. It signifies energy, dynamism, impulse, will power, aspiration and passion as well as emotion.
Diagonal line
It shows action, life and energy. It suggests grace and beauty and is associated with the body in movements that create a rhythm of curved lines in space
Curved lines
It is made from combined diagonal lines, can create a feeling of confusion or suggest action.
Zigzag line
is the element of the visual arts which contributes to the final form of the artwork.
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Five geometric shapes
Traiangle, circle, rectangle, square and oval
Also called free form
Organic shape
synonymous with point of view, angle of vision, or frame of reference.
Perspective