Art Quiz 2

Color relationships 

Also called color schemes or harmonies. The relationships of colors on the color wheel. Basic color schemes include monochromatic, analogous, and complementary.

Color wheel  

A circular diagram of the spectrum used to show the relationships between the colors

Complementary colors

Colors opposite one another on the color wheel. Red/green, blue/orange, yellow/violet are complementary colors.

Composition

The overall placement and organization of elements in a work of art, as well as the interrelationships between individual elements.

Content  

The representations, messages, ideas, and/or feelings expressed in a work of art.

Continuity 

Linear flow

Contour  

represents the edges and ridges of a form

Contrast  

Differences between two or more elements (e.g., value, color, texture) in a composition; juxtaposition of dissimilar elements in a work of art. Also refers the degree of difference between the lightest and darkest areas of an image.

Cool colors

Colors suggesting coolness, blues, greens, violets and their variants.

Design

The plan, conception or organization of a work of art; the arrangement of independent parts (the elements of art) to form a coordinated whole.