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ID- Elements, Color Wheel, & Principles of Design

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

While Alice was holding her sister's baby, she noticed the baby kept rubbing her satin shirt. Which element of design was the baby experiencing?

a)

Texture

b)

Line

c)

Space

d)

Shape

2.

Sarah, a petite girl, likes a dress that her mother bought her because it made her appear tall and slim. Most likely, the dress had which type of line?

a)

Vertical

b)

Horizontal

c)

Diagonal

d)

Curved

3.

How a fabric feels or looks.

a)

Rough

b)

Texture

c)

Slick

d)

Shiny

4.

What feelings are created by DIAGONAL lines?

a)

Action

b)

Action,Excitement

c)

None of the above

d)

Excitement

5.

What feelings are created by HORIZONTAL lines?

a)

restful

b)

None of the above

c)

restful, informal

d)

Informal

6.

Vertical lines emphasize _________.

a)

movement

b)

height

c)

width

d)

all the above

7.

Which of the following words would describe TEXTURE?

a)

red

b)

diagonal

c)

horizontal

d)

smooth

8.

Texture is which of the following?

a)

How the paper you are drawing on feels like.

b)

How we perceive things with our eyes

c)

How something feels or how it looks like it feels.

d)

How we feel things

9.

A three-dimensional object is called:

a)

a square

b)

a mold

c)

a form

d)

a circle

10.

A type of balance in which the two sides look equally important even though they are not alike. (Look at the items above the fireplace.)

a)

Symmetrical balance

b)

Asymmetrical balance

c)

Radial balance

d)

Bilateral balance

11.

Comparing parts of a whole is called:

a)

Scale

b)

Proportion

c)

Contrast

d)

Balance

12.

The comparison of one thing to another in terms of size is called:

a)

Balance

b)

Contrast

c)

Proportion

d)

Scale

13.

Using many different elements to create interest or contrast in an artwork is called:

a)

Variety

b)

Unity

c)

Balance

d)

Value

14.
This image shows an example of:
a)
asymmetrical balance
b)
symmetrical balance
c)
radial balance
d)
physical balance
15.

Using similar elements to create a single theme

a)

unity

b)

variety

c)

emphasis

d)

space

16.

The focal point of an artwork is also called:

a)

background

b)

rhythm

c)

emphasis

d)

pattern

17.

A repeated design is called a:

a)

principle

b)

pattern

c)

element

d)

shape

18.
This painting by Vincent Van Gogh demonstrates which principle?
a)
Movement/Rhythm
b)
Symmetry
19.
What is the emphasis of this photograph?
a)
The green apples around the pepper
b)
The red pepper in the center
c)
The little man peeking through the apples
20.
Did this architect use pattern for this design?
a)
yes
b)
no
21.
Name the Principle of Design
a)
Movement
b)
Variety
c)
Proportion
d)
Emphasis
22.

Refers to the relative size of an object in relation to other objects.

a)

Scale

b)

Proportion

c)

Balance

d)

Emphasis

23.

Repeating an element of design - such as color, line, form, or texture - creates rhythm by...

a)

repetition

b)

gradation

c)

radiation

d)

opposition

24.

The type of rhythm created by a gradual increase or decrease of similar elements of design.

a)

repetition

b)

gradation

c)

radiation

d)

opposition

25.
Blues, Greens, and Violets depict feelings of coolness, relaxation, and zen. These colors are also known as: 
a)
Warm Colors
b)
Cool Colors
c)
Tertiary Colors
d)
Analogous Colors
26.
Reds, Yellows, and Oranges depict feelings of heat, passion, and intensity. These colors are also known as:
a)
Cool Colors
b)
Primary Colors
c)
Secondary Colors
d)
Warm Colors
27.
What color harmony is shown?
a)
Cool Colors
b)
Warm Colors
28.
What color harmony is shown?
a)
Cool Colors
b)
Warm Colors
29.
How do you make this color?
a)
red+blue
b)
orange+blue
c)
yellow+blue
d)
purple+yellow
30.
What two colors do you mix to make violet?
a)
blue and yellow
b)
red and green
c)
blue and violet
d)
red and blue
31.

Three colors beside each other on the color wheel are also known as:

a)

Analogous Colors

b)

Secondary Colors

c)

Cool Colors

d)

Complementary Colors

32.

Three colors equally spaced on color wheel?

a)

Analogous Colors

b)

Color Triad

c)

Monochromatic Colors

d)

Primary Colors

33.
Red, Yellow, & Blue are the "building blocks" of all color. What are these three colors also referred to as?
a)
Tertiary Colors
b)
Secondary Colors
c)
Primary Colors
d)
Complementary Colors
34.

Green, Orange, & Violet are created after mixing two primary colors together. What are these colors also referred to as? (hint: ONE plus ONE equals...)

a)

Secondary Colors

b)

Primary Colors

c)

Tertiary Colors

d)

Analogous Colors

35.

These colors are created after mixing a primary and a secondary color together: (hint: a ONE and a TWO make a....)

a)

Analogous Colors

b)

Tertiary Colors

c)

Complementary Colors

d)

Warm Colors

36.

These colors are opposite from each other on the color wheel:

a)

Tertiary Colors

b)

Primary Colors

c)

Analogous Colors

d)

Complementary Colors

37.

What is the complementary color of yellow?

a)

Green

b)

Orange

c)

Violet

d)

Red

38.

Type of rhythm that leads your eye outwards from the center.

a)

radiation

b)

gradation

c)

repetition

d)

contrast