Final Terms Flashcards
Triad
Any thre colours that are equidistant on a color wheen and whose connecting path forms an approximate equilaterpial triangle inside a colour wheel.
Vignette
A drawing that gradualy fades into the surrounding paper leaving no definite line at the border.
Picture Plane
The imaginary transparent plane that represents the drawing surface on which the image of a three dimensional object is projected.
Section
A view of an object as it would appear when cut through by an intersecting plane. Sections are drawn to show the interior of a form and are usually done as an orthographic projection to scale.
Eye level
In perspective drawing, the eye level is the same as the horizon line.
Hue
the identification of a colour by name.
Aerial perspective
Visual phenomenon where forms appear less distinct as they recede in space because of the greater density of the air betweeen the viewer and the object.
Analogous
Three related colours. Hues allied t oeach other due to their side by side relationship on the colour wheel.
Value
The range of dark and light. Value also refers t othe location of a colour’s relationship to white and black. A light colour such as yellow is high on the value scale (closer to white) and a dark colour such as violet or blue is low on the value scale (closer to black).
Reflected light
The light that appears on the edge ofa shadowed form because of the reflection of light off an adjoining plane.
Monochromatic
The use of one colour. In this colour shceme the color may vary in hue and chroma from light to dark.
Negative space
The space around an object or the shape of the space between objects.
Drafting
Drawing with the aid of instruments, usually to scale indicating dimensional specifications, also called mechanical drawing.
Gestue drawing
Quick scribbles or marks designed to show movement or action by flowing over and through the interior of a form or composition. Viusal shorthand often used as a foundation for more extended drawing or to establish structure. It is usually developed from the whole to the part.
Intensity
The saturation level of a hue.A fully saturated hue can be described as being more intense than duller colours of the same hue dimension.
Tonality
When using multiple colour schemes, tonality refers to the dominance of a single colour that would be common in each colour scheme.
Tetrad
Any four colours that are equidistant on a colour wheel and whose connecting path forms a square inside a colour wheel.
Linear perspective
A perspective system in which forms get smaller as they recede in space, receding parallel lines converge at a vanishing point.
Primary colours
Red, yellow and blue on the Prang Color Wheel (some other systems of colour organisation use different nomenclature). Colours which cannot be made by mixing other hues.
Station Point
The position of the observer in relation to the object in view.
Analogous with complement
Three colours allied to each other by their adjacent relationship on the colour wheel with the addition of the hue diametrically opposite the central hue of the three.
Contour line
A line that follows the edge of the form, or travels across the surface, without shading or modeling the form.