2D Design

a color (such as black and white) that has no hue

• Monochromatic

• they're aren't actually colors

• Achromatic

• Subtractive Color

Color created by combining projected beams of chromatic light. The additive color primaries are red, green, and blue, and the secondaries are cyan, magenta, and yellow

• Subtractive Colors

• Additive Colors

• Ambient Light

• Bend

In color theory, a ghostly image that lingers after the actual image has been removed

• Ghost image

• Optical Illusion

• Afterimage

• Castimage

a postmodern practice in which one artist reproduces an image created by another and claims it as his or her own

• Plagiarism

• Stealing

• Appropriation

• Academic Dishonesty

the equal distribution of weight or force among visual units

• Balance

• Array

• Arrangement

• Composition

and of a number of problem-solving techniques that are designed to expand ideas and encourage creativity. List making, mapping, associate thinking, and metaphorical thinking are common strategies used

• Ingenuity

• Critical thinking

• Brainstorming

• Group projects

the purity, intensity, or saturation of a color

• saturation

• chroma

• tone

• aesthetic

the combination of multiple parts into a harmonious whole

• Arrangement

• Array

• Composition

• Organization

the degree of difference between compositional parts or between one image and another. Contrast is created when two or more forces operate in opposition

• Contrast

• Difference

• Contradiction

• Contrast Scale

a problem-solving strategy in which a predetermined goal is pursued in a linear progression using a highly focused problem-solving process. Six steps are commonly used: 1) define the problem; 2) do research; 3) determine your objective; 4) devise a strategy; 5) execute the strategy; 6) evaluate the results

• The scientific method

• Convergent thinking

• Step-by-step strategy

• Linear thinking