Grade 8 TLE Reviewer: Graphic Design, Photoshop, Beauty Care, and Wellness

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering fundamental concepts in ICT graphic design, Adobe Photoshop, typography anatomy, beauty care, wellness, nail anatomy, skin layers, and hair anatomy.

Graphic Design

The process of combining text, images, colors, and other visual elements to communicate a message in an attractive and understandable way.

Design

The process of planning and creating something while considering its appearance and function.

Graphic Designer

A professional who creates visual designs to communicate information and solve communication problems.

Desktop Publishing (DTP)

The use of computers and software to create visual displays of ideas and information.

Visual Hierarchy

The arrangement of design elements according to their importance, helping viewers know which information to look at first.

Dot

A fixed point and one of the simplest building blocks of a visual form.

Line

A visual element that can be thought of as a moving dot; used to direct the viewer's eyes, separate information, create shapes, and connect elements.

Shape

A two-dimensional area or plane that may be geometric or organic.

Form

A three-dimensional object that possesses height, width, and depth.

Tone

The lightness or darkness of a color, also known as the value of a color.

Texture

A design element that gives the impression of how something might feel; divided into image texture and pattern texture.

Typography

The arrangement of letters and text so that written information is readable, legible, and visually appealing.

Balance

The proper distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, textures, and spaces, categorized as symmetrical or asymmetrical.

Emphasis

A design principle that makes a particular part of a design attract attention through size, shape, texture, or color.

Contrast

A design principle that occurs when noticeably different or opposite elements (such as light and dark or large and small) are placed together.

Movement

A design principle that guides the viewer's eyes through a particular path in the design.

Repetition

The repeating of visual elements such as lines, shapes, colors, or forms to create consistency and unity.

Rhythm

The visual tempo created by repeating elements and adding variations, categorized as regular, flowing, or progressive.

Proximity

Placing related elements close to one another to organize information and show their relationship.

Unity

A design principle where different elements work together to create one complete and cohesive design.

Variety

Adding differences to a design to make it more interesting.

Analogous Colors

Colors located next to one another on the color wheel, such as red, orange, and yellow.

Complementary Colors

Colors located opposite one another on the color wheel, such as red and green, blue and orange, or yellow and purple.

Split Complementary

A color scheme that uses one base color and the two colors located beside its complementary color.

Triadic Color Scheme

A color scheme that uses three colors that are equally spaced around the color wheel.

Monochromatic Color Scheme

A color scheme that uses different variations of a single color.

Hue

The base color itself, such as red, blue, or green.

Saturation

The purity or intensity of a color.

Lightness

How light or dark a color appears.

Serif

A typeface style with small decorative strokes attached to the letters, often providing a more traditional appearance.

Sans Serif

A typeface style without decorative strokes on the letters, typically providing a cleaner and more modern appearance.

Typeface

The overall design or font family, such as Arial, Calibri, or Times New Roman.

Font

A specific digital format or file used to store a type.

Anatomy of Type

The structural components and anatomical features of typographic characters and letterforms.

Baseline

The invisible line where letters rest.

Ascender

The part of a lowercase letter that extends above the x-height.

Descender

The part of a lowercase letter that extends below the baseline.

Counter

The enclosed or partially enclosed white space inside a letter.

Crossbar

A horizontal stroke found in a letter.

Stem

The main straight stroke of a letter.

X-Height

The height of a lowercase letter "x" measured from the baseline.

Adobe Photoshop

A raster graphics editor commonly used for photo editing, image manipulation, graphic design, and digital painting.

Raster Image

An image made up of a grid of colored pixels, commonly exemplified by photographs.

Vector Graphic

A graphic made using mathematical formulas, shapes, lines, curves, and text.

Layers

A Photoshop feature that allows different elements of a design to be stacked and edited separately.

Beauty Care

Also known as Cosmetology; the practice of caring for and improving a person's appearance, including hair care, skin and facial care, and nail care.

Wellness

Maintaining good health through habits that support physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being.

Massage

The manipulation of muscles and related tissues using the hands to help promote relaxation and circulation.

Matrix

The part of the nail where new nail plate cells are produced.

Eponychium

The living skin located at the base of the nail plate that covers the matrix area.

Free Margin

The portion of the nail that extends beyond the fingertip and can be cut.

Lateral Margin

The part located along the sides of the nail.

Cuticle

A thin layer of dead tissue that helps form a seal between the nail plate and the eponychium.

Lunula

The visible whitish crescent found near the base of the nail, meaning "small moon."

Nail Plate

The hard, flat, visible part of the nail made of non-living keratinized cells.

Nail Bed

The soft, pink tissue located underneath and supporting the nail plate.

Nail Sinus

The area of the nail where the nail root is located.

Nail Wall

The fold of skin that overlaps the sides and proximal end of the nail.

Hyponychium

The soft tissue found underneath the free edge of the nail that helps protect the nail bed from pathogens.

Epidermis

The outermost layer of the skin that protects the body and prevents harmful microorganisms from entering.

Dermis

The middle layer of the skin containing substances such as collagen and elastin, and structures such as hair follicles.

Hypodermis

The bottom or fatty layer of the skin that cushions muscles and bones, provides insulation, and houses nerves and blood vessels.

Hair Shaft

The visible part of the hair located above the skin, containing the cuticle, cortex, and medulla.

Hair Follicle

The structure located beneath the skin that is responsible for hair growth.