Test 2 Flashcards
What is Symmetrical Balance?
A mirror image
What is Asymmetrical Balance?
Two sides that do not correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement.
Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”
Painted in 1893
Represents emotional effects of color
His most famous painting
Principles of the Linear Perspective
- Forms seem to diminish in size as they recede.
- Parallel line that recede seem to converge towards a vanishing point,where they appear to disappear on the horizon line.
Primary Colors
Red, Yellow, and Blue
Can not be made by any mixture of colors
Secondary Colors
Orange, Green, and Violet
made by mixing 2 primary colors
Tertiary Colors
Mixing Yellow and green= yellow-green
made by mixing a primary color with an adjacent secondary
What are Complements?
Colors opposite on the color wheel
What is Hatching?
Closely spaced parallel lines
What is Cross Hatching?
Parallel lines that intersect like a checkerboard.
What is Stippling?
Dots spaced close or far apart to suggest darker or lighter areas.
What is Figure?
The shape we detach and focus on, considered a Positive shape.
What is Ground?
Surrounding visual information that the figure stands out from the background and considered a negative shape.
What is Subordination?
A less visually interesting area
What is Emphasis?
The viewer’s attention will be centered more on certain parts of the composition than on others.
