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medium
material used to create art
format
shape of support
support
material upon which art is created
value
degree of lightness or darkness
Value is
relative
Value contrast
refers to relationship between areas of light and dark
Value Pattern
refers to the arrangement and the amount of variation in light and dark, independent of the colors used
High Key
Value is limited to lights
Low key
Value range is limited to darks
Unity
sense of coherence or wholeness in a work of art
Harmony
pleasing arrangements of elements of design in a work of art
Gesture
the attitude or expression of movement in a piece of art
Achromatic
A color scheme using only black, gray and white
Transparency Effect
the appearance of being able to see through
Additive Color
The RGB Color System
Subtractive Color
Red Yellow and Blue
Sir Isaac Newton
Discovered color (7 hues - ROY G BIV)
Hue
7 hues - a specific wavelength of light within the visual spectrum
Saturation/Chroma/Intensity
refers to the brightness or dullness of a color (purity of color)
Value
a measure of relative lightness and darkness
Color
an infinite variation of hues
Color is the specific name
within a family name (red, blue, green,
Achromatic Gray
gray only made up of black and white
Chromatic Gray
gray or neutral made from complementary colors
The CMYK Color System
Print Industry
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black are used as the primary colors. When all the colors are mixed, it becomes gray
Pantone
system of color matching designed to ensure that color output will be the color intended whether on screen or in output from a printer
Tint
color made by adding white
Shade
color made by adding black
Tone
color made by adding gray
Primary Colors
Red, Yellow, Blue
All colors are derived from these three
Secondary Colors
Green, Orange, Purple
The colors you get from mixing red, yellow, and blue (the primary colors)
Tertiary Colors
Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green, yellow-green
one primary color and one secondary color
Complementary
A color scheme incorporating opposite hues on the color wheel
Split Complementary
This color scheme uses three colors: any hue and the two next to its complement
Triadic
three colors evenly spaced from one another
Chromatic Gray
a hue mixed with its complement
When you make a chromatic gray
you are lowering the intensity of a hue