Elements of art definitions

Form

Any three dimensional object that can be measured by the height, width, and depth

Emphasis

Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewer's attention

Neutrals

Black, gray, brown and white

Tertiary

Colors made by mixing a primary with a secondary color.

Hue

Common name for a color

Complementary

Cookies that are directly opposite on Tue color wheel. When mixed together they make brown

Color

Element of at produced when a wavelength of light strikes an object and reflects back to the eyes

Monochromatic

Made of only a single color or hue and it's tints and shades

Color spectrum

A band of colors produced when white light shines through a prism

Unity

A feeling that all if the parts are working together as a team- the quality of wholeness

Shape

A flat figure created when actual or implied like surround a source- cab be geometric or organic

Contrast

A large difference between two things

Line

A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface

Rhythm

A visual tempo or beat- often described as alternating, regular, flowing, progressive or jazzy

Movement

A way of combining visual elements to produce a sense of action- or implied motion

Value

An element of art that refers to the lightness it darkness of a color

Analogous

Another name for related colors- have one color in common. Next to each other on the color wheel

Secondary colors

Orange green and purple

Balance

Principle of design referring to the way the elements are arranged to create a feeling or stability on a work

Triad

The colors evenly doesn't on the color wheel

Texture

The elements of arty that refers to the surface quality or feel of an object

Space

The empty or open area between, around, above, below, and within objects

Proportion

The relation of one object to another in size, amount, number or degree-scale

Primary colors

The three basic colors that cannot be made by mixing colors

Variety

The use if different lines, shapes, textures, colors and other elements if design to create ingest in a work of art