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Art Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To put in proper relation with something else.

a)

Proportion

b)

Composition

c)

Hue

d)

Background

2.

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

a)

Shape

b)

Hue

c)

Form

d)

Line

3.

2-Dimensional objects (circle, square, triangle)

a)

Line

b)

Shape

c)

Form

d)

Hue

4.

3-Dimensional objects ( cone, cube, cylinder, sphere)

a)

Shape

b)

Form

c)

Line

d)

Hue

5.

a small, quick drawing used to get your ideas on paper

a)

Proportion

b)

Smudging

c)

Thumbnail Sketch

d)

Background

6.

area an object occupies

a)

positive space

b)

negative space

c)

background

d)

smudging

7.

area around an object.

a)

positive spacec

b)

negative space

c)

background

d)

composition

8.

lightness or darkness of an color

a)

hue

b)

palette

c)

value

d)

symmetry

9.

using an object to blend values. (not your finger)

a)

foreground

b)

smudging

c)

value

d)

hue

10.

area within a composition that appears further away from the viewer. Objects appear smaller with less detail.

a)

foreground

b)

middleground

c)

background

d)

symmetry

11.

part of a composition that appear between the foreground and back ground.

a)

middleground

b)

form

c)

composition

d)

aforeground

12.

in a scene or artwork , the part that seems closest to you. Objects appear larger and more detailed.

a)

background

b)

middle ground

c)

foreground

d)

asymmetry

13.

both sides of a center line are exactly or nearly the same, like a mirror.

a)

assymetry

b)

symmetry

c)

secondary

d)

primary

14.

two sides of a composition are different yet balanced

a)

symmetry

b)

assymetry

c)

background

d)

hue

15.

gives paint it's color.

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

pigment

d)

tint

16.

all the colors in the color wheel

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

palette

d)

spectrum

17.

red, blue & yellow

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

spectrum

d)

tertriary

18.

green, orange & violet

(mix primary colors)

a)

secondary

b)

tertiary

c)

spectrum

d)

tint

19.

red-orange, yellow-orange, blue green, etc.

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

spectrum

20.

colors that appear to come towards you (warm colors)

a)

secondary colors

b)

tertiary colors

c)

advancing colors

d)

intensity

21.

red, orange & yellow

a)

primary colors

b)

warm colors

c)

cool colors

d)

secondary colors

22.

blue ,violet & green

a)

warm colors

b)

cool colors

c)

secondary colors

d)

tertiary colors

23.

a single color and it's tints and shades

a)

spectrum

b)

cool colors

c)

palette

d)

monochromatic

24.

To experience a feeling or response to art.

a)

transparent

b)

sublime

c)

mood

d)

aesthetics

25.

colors that appear to be in the background

a)

shade

b)

intensity

c)

opaque

d)

receding colors