Elements and Principles of Arts Flashcards
it is the path-made moving point; a series of dots
Line
straight lines are technically called
rectilinear
curve lines are technically called
curvilinear
are geometric and impersonal and differ in the direction that they take
straight line
line that appears to be lying down; move from left to right or vice versa
horizontal lines
slanting lines
diagonal lines
line that start from the bottom going up or vice versa
vertical lines
are angular lines that resulted because of abrupt change in the direction of a straight line thus forming angles
zigzag lines
these lines are found in nature particularly in living organisms
curved lines
property of light that add beauty and meaning to all forms of art
color
the name given to the color
hue
primary hues are
red, yellow, and blue
secondary hues are
orange, green, violet
what do you call when mixing equal amounts of the primary and secondary hues ex. RED ORANGE
intermediate hues
refers to lightness and darkness.
value
when black is combined with a hue, a ___ is produces
shade
when white is added to it, a ___ results
tint
denotes the brightness and dullness
intensity
in intensity, hues become ___ ___ when white is added
less intense (dull)
in intensity, when black is added, the ___ ___ as the value darkens
intensity diminishes
results when a single color in the composition is varied in intensity and value by adding white or black
monochromatic harmony
results when two colors that are opposite each other in the color wheel are placed side by side. For example: RED and GREEN, YELLOW and VIOLET or BLUE and ORANGE.
complementary harmony
results when hues that are adjacent or beside each other in the color wheel is used in a composition.
Examples are RED-ORANGE-YELLOW and BLUE-BLUE VIOLET-VIOLET.
analogous harmony
refers to the relative warmth or coolness of a color.
Color temperature