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What is intensity? How bright or dull the color is
What is value? How light or dark the color is
What are colors divided into? primary, secondary, and tertiary
Exmaples of primary colors red, yellow, and blue
results of two primary colors (red+yellow = orange, red+blue =
Exmaples of secondary colors
violet, yellow+blue = green)
Examples of tertiary colors those in between the primary and secondary colors (blue-green or red-
orange)
Complementary Colors opposite colors on the color wheel (red + green or blue + orange)
Texture how something feels, or appears to feel (can be real or implied)
smooth, rough, or bumpy (real texture = actually feel vs. implied
Examples of texture
texture = two- dimensional yet appears to have texture)
Examples of shapes geometric or organic
Geometric Shapes mathematical shapes (circles, ovals, squares, or triangles)
Organic Shapes asymmetrical and found in nature
Form shape of the artwork
Where is form used? in three-dimensional artwork, such as sculpture
the path between two points (used to define a shape and to create
Define a line
movement or lead the viewer's eye around the artwork)
Examples of Lines straight, curved, broken, implied, or free-form
foreground, middle ground, or background of an artwork (also
Space
the positive and negative space created by the artist)
Positive Space subject of the artwork
Negative Space area that surrounds the artwork
lightness or darkness of a color (provide visual interest in an
Value
artwork to create mood, or to draw viewer's eye to a certain
focal point)
Contrast (art - value) difference in value or the difference in the lightness and darkness
Color Wheel representation of the color spectrum and is made up of 12 colors
Primary Colors not made up of any combination of other colors (red, yellow, and blue)
made up of combinations of two of the primary colors (green, orange, and
Secondary Colors
purple --
> green = blue + yellow)