Art Vocabulary: Color Origins Flashcard

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Assemblage

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A three-dimensional artwork composed using fragmentary or found objects to form a unified whole

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Colorman

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A person who mixes and sells paints

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Density

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How opaque an art media, such as ink or paint, is

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Focal Point

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The point to which the viewer's eye is drawn in an artwork

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Form

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The outer boundary of a three-dimensional object

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Found Objects

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Discarded or commonplace objects used to create an artwork

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Fugitive Colors

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Pigments that fade with exposure to light

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Highlights

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Areas of light value in an artwork

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Palette

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The range of colors used in an artwork

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Parallel Planes

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Flat areas that lie side by side and do not meet or overlap