Yearbook Vocabulary

What is the word for the text accompanying a picture?

Complementary colors are...

• Near each other on the color wheel

• Nice colors

• Across from each other on the color wheel

• Colors that are alike

Neighbor/ Analogous colors are...

• Near each other on the color wheel

• Nice colors

• Across from each other on the color wheel

• Colors that are alike

How could you explain contrast in Yearbook design? Choose two

• Placing two different-looking design styles next to one another to create visual interest

• A method to create visual variety and aesthetically pleasing designs

• Two different opinions or viewpoints

• Two things that are similar

Which of these two things combined creates contrast?

• Bold

• Small

• Thin

• Dark

Which of these two things are contrasting?

• Monochromatic

• Dark

• Vertical

• Light

Why is contrast important in a design?

Answer explanation

Contrast creates visual variety, and creates aesthetically pleasing designs by combining two things that look very different. If everything looks really different it looks messy and un-united, but if everything looks too much the same it becomes boring. This spices things up!

Why do we crop images?

• To remove unnecessary parts of the photo

• To make an image more powerful

• To remove distracting parts of a photo

• All of the above

The term for the date that the yearbook is due is the...

What is the term for purposely directing the viewer's eye by making certain objects larger than others to create a visual order of importance?

• Hierarchy

• Hieroglyphics

• Hairspray

• Monarchy

Answer explanation

Many things in the world have a hierarchy, from royalty to politics to animal kingdoms