Value and shading Vocabulary

What is value in art?

• The lightness or darkness of a color

• The space inside the important objects

• A tool that helps artists to measure the darkness and lightness of a color

• The space outside of the important objects

What is a value scale?

• The lightness or darkness of a color

• The space inside the important objects

• A tool that helps artists to measure the darkness and lightness of a color

• The space outside of the important objects

What is positive space?

• The lightness or darkness of a color

• The space inside the important objects

• A tool that helps artists to measure the darkness and lightness of a color

• The space outside of the important objects

What is negative space?

• The lightness or darkness of a color

• The space inside the important objects

• A tool that helps artists to measure the darkness and lightness of a color

• The space outside of the important objects

What is blending in art?

• The lightness or darkness of a color

• The space inside the important objects

• A tool that helps artists to measure the darkness and lightness of a color

• Technique of slightly mixing two colors to gradually fade from one color to the other

What is the grid technique?

• The lightness or darkness of a color

• The space inside the important objects

• Using a grid as a method of creating a subject in direct proportion to the original

• The space outside of the important objects

What is a tint?

• The lightness or darkness of a color

• A lighter version of a color

• A tool that helps artists to measure the darkness and lightness of a color

• The space outside of the important objects

What is a highlight?

• The lightness or darkness of a color

• The brightest value of the image; it’s the area of a subject directly illuminated by light source

• A tool that helps artists to measure the darkness and lightness of a color

• The space outside of the important objects

What is a shade?

• The lightness or darkness of a color

• The space inside the important objects

• A darker version of a color

• The space outside of the important objects

What is a cast shadow?

• The lightness or darkness of a color

• The space inside the important objects

• The darkest value of the image; it’s the shadow on the surface made by the object blocking the light

• The space outside of the important objects