art 1 exam review

Analogous

Colors by eachother on the color wheel

Intensity

Brightness or dullness of a color

Complimentary colors

Colors across from eachother on the color wheel

Neutral colors

White, black, Gray

Triadic colors

Any colors that make a triangle on the color wheel

Monochromatic

Shades of one color

Warm colors

Red, orange, yellow shades

Cool colors

Blue, green, purple shades

Primary colors

Red, yellow, blue

Secondary colors

Green, orange, purple

Shade

Add black

Tint

Add white

Tone

Add gray

Hue

Purest form of a color/plain color

Value

Light or darkness of a color

Tertiary colors

Colors in between primary and secondary colors

6 catergories of light

Highlight, Light, Shadow, core of the shadow, cast shadow, reflected light

Horizon line

Represents viewers eye level or is plane where ground meets the sky

Converging line

Lines that make up the sides of an object that relate directly to vanishing point

Vanishing point

Point in linear perspective at which all imaginary lines converge

Vertical Lines

Up and Down lines

Horizontal lines

Left and right lines

Worms eye view

View from ground

Birds eye view

View from above

Street level

Head on visual of object

Contour line

Lines that describe the shape of an object

Gesture line

Quick lines that capture movement of an object

Continous line

When you draw an object and never pick up the pencil

Blind contour

Drawing while looking at object and not the paper

L shaped structure

Similar to rule of thirds, a way to keep composition of an object in drawings

Cross contour line drawing

Drawing lines that follow the structure of the plane of an object

Rule of thirds

Rule that an image should be imagined as split into nine parts to keep composition

Value scale

Scale that shows gradual change in value from light to dark

Emphasis

Focal point of a design

Negative space

Space around objects/background