Retention Skills Test

1. It is a basic element of art that involves light. It is produced when light waves (wavelength) strike an object and are reflected into our eyes.

• Line

• Shape

• Color

• Texture

An element of art that defines how light or dark a given color or hue can be.

• Line

• Value

• Color

• Shape

An element of art that is two-dimensional, flat, or limited to height and width.

• Line

• Value

• Color

• Shape

An element of art by which positive and negative areas are defined or a sense of depth achieved in a work of art .

• Shape

• Form

• Space

• Texture

An element of art that is three-dimensional and encloses volume; includes height, width AND depth.

• Form

• Shape

• Color

• Line

An element of art that refers to the way things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched.

• Line

• Shape

• Texture

• Space

______ is a principle of design that indicates movement, created by the careful placement of repeated elements in a work of art to cause a visual tempo or beat.

_______ is a way of combining elements to add a feeling of equilibrium or stability to a work of art. Major types are symmetrical and asymmetrical.

A way of combining elements to stress the differences between those elements.

• Balance

• Proportion

• Emphasis

• Harmony

The difference between two or more objects in a design is referred to as ________.