Art Appreciation Lesson 3A Quiz
Additive
A color created by mixing light.
Subtractive
A color created by mixing paints or inks
Secondary
A color created by mixing two primaries
Cool
A color ranging from green to violet on the color wheel
Triadic
A color scheme using three colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel.
Primary
A color that can't be created by mixing
Expressive
A curved line
Shape
A flat area created by a line, color or value. Can be positive or negative.
Contrast
A large difference between two things: for example, rough and smooth or white and black
Line
A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface.
Negative
A shape adjacent to a more significant object/form.
Form
A shape or three-dimensional volume that has or gives the illusion of having weight, density or bulk.
Positive
A shape that defines an actual object
Point
A singularity in space
Plane
A surface area in space
Value
An element of art that refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.
Split Compliment
Color scheme using three colors, two of which are on both sides of the first color's complement on the color wheel.
Warm
Colors ranging from yellow to red on the color wheel.
Complimentary
Colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel. When mixed together, they make a neutral gray or brown.
Color
Element of art produced when a wavelength of light strikes an object and reflects back to the eyes.
Perspective
Geometric pictorial construct using a single vanishing point to give the illusion of receding space on a two-dimensional surface.
Implied
Line created by the visual connection between two or more areas
Texture
The element of art that refers to the surface quality or feel of an object.
Space
The empty or open area between, around, above, below and within objects.
Saturation
The purity or intensity of a color
Monochrome
The use of variations of a single hue
Figure/ground relationship
The visual reaction between a mark and the surface its created on
Spectrum
Visible bands of the sequence of colors
Equiluminance
Visual effect when two colors are next to each other and share the same intensity
Analagous
nother name for related colors. Found next to each other on the color wheel.
