Art Vocabulary

How a surface looks or feels

• Color

• Texture

• Value

• Space

An element of art that refers to the lightness and darkness of a color.

• hue
• value
• movement
• contrast

A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface.

• line
• value
• contrast
• form

Any three dimensional object that can be measured by height, width and depth.

• emphasis
• space
• form
• shape

Name the two different types of Shape.

• a shape that has a name and a shape that doesn't

• a triangle and a cloud

• a square and a circle

• organic and geometric

What are the primary colors?

• orange blue and yellow

• orange green and violet

• red yellow and blue

• red purple and violet

Positive space is space that is ____ in an artwork.

• Filled

• White

• Neutral

• Empty

Trees and buildings should appear _________ as they go away from us.

• larger
• smaller
• the same height

What is a tint?

• A color with white added to it.
• Red and black mixed together.
• Three different colors mixed together.
• A color with red added to it.

Which line is a Wavy line?

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