2D Design Exam 2

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