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also referred to as elements describe the fundamentals of color, form, line, ext that most artist control in order to create images and achieve the desired effect Color and value-Motion and Time-Pattern-shape, volume,mass-Space& Point of view
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| RGB, the primary colors used on computer monitors and in theater lighting, are often refereed to as additive primaries because combing all of them produces white light |
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| Colors that lie next to one another on the color wheel and that share qualities of hue are called analogous colors or harmonious hues. |
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| These letters stand for the primary colors Cyan-Megenta-Yellow-Black used in inkjet printers and the printing industry. In print design, colors are defined as a precentage of each of these 4 colors . For example , cmyk the color black would be 0-o-o-100 |
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| The first color weheel was invented by Sir Isaac Newton used a prism to split white sunlight into a color spectrum and then joined the ends to show the natural progression of colors int a circle. Johannes Itten divided the color wheel into 3 primary colors, 3 secondary colors, and 6 tertiary colors |
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| specific pairs of pairs of colors (e.g., red and green) that appear opposite each other on the color wheel. When complementary colors are placed next to one another, they enhance each other by virtue of their simultaneous contrast. |
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| Colors associated with water and ice, such as blue, green, or violet are refereed as "cool" colors". They tend to recede spatially behind warm colors. |
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| term used in printing industry and in computer programs to disescribe the range of tones (or values) from white to gray to black. |
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| Hue is a term used interchangeable with the colors that are found in a rainbow (visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, and purple. (Purple is sometimes further subdivided into indigo and violet. |
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| Light is the segment of the electromagnetic energy spectrum that excites the eyes and produces visual sensations. |
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| Local color refers to the actual color of an object(without regard for the color of the light source, shadows or reflections) |
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| Literally meaning"one-colored". The tern monochromatic descries images or objects that are executed in a single color-or with so little contrast of colors as to appear essentially uniform in hue |
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| The primary colors that can be combined to create all other colors. There are there sets of primary colors, depending on their application, known by their initial letters. RYB, CMYK, RGB. RYB (red, yellow, blue are the subtractive primaries used for mixing pigments. These coors cannot be created by mixing other pigments. In this set if primaries black can be achieved (at least in theory) thru the combination of all three primaries. White primed canvases and white paper provide a fourth unmentioned primary that is sometimes visible through transparent washes, as in most watercolors paintings. White paint is also assumed to be available to create tints and pastels. CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and black) are the subtractive primaries used in ink jet printers, commercial printers, and others. Since black cannot be created through the combination of cyan, magenta,yellow, black inks are needed. White paper provides |
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| a prism is a transparent, triangular body of glass plastic act. that breaks down or refracts white light into the colors of the rainbow. |
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| These letters stand for the primary colors Red Green Blue in web design and design for computer monitors, colors are defined in terms of a combination of these 3 colors. |
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| The saturation or intensity of a color is determined by the amount to which it is mixed with its complement. for example orange can be highly saturated when little to no blue (the complement of orange os added Orange can have low intensity if there is a lot of blue added. |
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| A secondary color is a color that is derived by mixing two primary colors in equal amounts. When dealing with RYB primaries(pigments)the secondary colors are orange green purple. when dealing with RGB the secondary colors are CMYCyan , magenta, and yellow |
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| referes to the primaries used when mixing pigments because these pigments absorb or subtract energy from the light that reflectors off of themRYB and MYK are both described as subtractive primaries |
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| These are the 6 colors derived from a mixture of one primary color and adjacent secondary color on the color wheel. One normally only discusses tertiary colors in relation to the RYB primaries. |
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| Tints and shade sdescribe the range of colors that have been created by adding white or black to a hue |
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| Also called brightness, the terms tone and value describe the lightness or darness of a color on a scale of black gray white. |
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| A free form irregular that resembles curves found in nature can be called biomorphic, organic, or amoeboid. |
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| the type of balance that is said to exist when the right and left side of a design bar visibly differnt shapes colors textures or other elements, yet they are arranged in such a way that the a way that the impression in total, is oe of balance or stability. Contrast with symmetrical balance |
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| This type of balance features imagery on one side of a composition that is mirrored on the other side.This can be pure or approximate |
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| The arrangement or organization of the elements of art, such as a line space texture, ect. to create emphasis, focus and meaning. |
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| relationship between various elements is unified and pleasing |
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| equal emphisis over the entire area; the same visual weight or eye attraction everywhere |
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| the elements on the left and right side of the composition are the same or similar in number or visual emphasis |
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| focusing the viewers attention on one or more parts of a composition by enlarging certain shapes , intensifying value or hue, featuring direction alines, hard edges or strategic placement of object and images |
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| art that resembles human beings and other figures. It is also used occasionally as a synonym for all representational imagery |
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