Art Terms

The area around, above,  between, inside and below objects

• space
• form
• elements
• texture

a mark made by a point moving across a surface

• color
• shape 
• line
• texture

shapes that are mathematical

• organic 
• geometric
• math shapes
• color shapes

the lightness or darkness of a color

• shape
• texture
• space
• value

the area occupied by an object

• positive space
• negative space
• space 
• value

colors made by mixing two primary colors

• intermediate
• tertiary
• secondary
• complementary

has height, width and depth

• form
• space
• shape
• color

a gradual change from light to dark

• coloring
• shading
• valuing
• texture

the objects farthest away from the viewer

• foreground
• middle ground 
• background
• distance

another name for color

• tone
• value
• hue
• brightness