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Art Elements, Principles & Basic Color Theory

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A mark made by a moving point is....

a)

Shape

b)

Line

c)

Movement

d)

Texture

2.

Texture is...

a)

The way a surface looks

b)

A path made by a moving point.

c)

The area above an object.

d)

.None of the above

3.

Negative space is.....

a)

An object/picture

b)

The background

c)

The space around an object/picture

d)

The foreground

4.

How do you create an illusion of space in a painting?

a)

Create a foreground, middle ground & background

b)

Overlap the objects in your artwork

c)

Make objects that are farther away smaller than those that are up close

d)

All of the above

5.

What is a contour line

a)

A line used for shading

b)

A line that follows the path of another line

c)

The outline of an object

d)

A line that shows depth

6.

Value is.....

a)

The lightness or darkness of a color

b)

How saturated a color is

c)

Only black and white

d)

The shadows

7.

Shape is........

a)

The positive space an object makes/the space inside a contour line

b)

The negative space around an object/the space outside a contour line

c)

The same as form

d)

3D

8.

Art elements that repeat in a predicable way are....

a)

Lines

b)

Forms

c)

Shapes

d)

Patterns

9.

Movement is......

a)

Visual flow in an artwork

b)

Repeating patterns

c)

Only found in sculptures

d)

High Contrast

10.

A tool to show the relationship between colors is.....

a)

Paint

b)

Tertiary colors

c)

The color wheel

d)

Pallet

11.

The primary colors are (a)  

12.

The secondary colors are (a)  

13.

Tertiary colors are....

a)

Any combination of three or more colors

b)

Any combination of secondary colors

c)

Any combination of primary colors

d)

Any combination of primary and secondary colors

14.

A complimentary color scheme is.....

a)

Colors that create a triangle on the color wheel

b)

Colors across from each other on the color wheel

c)

Colors next to each other on the color wheel

d)

Monochromatic

15.

An analogous color scheme is.....

a)

Monochromatic

b)

Colors across from each other on the color wheel

c)

Colors next to each other on the color wheel

d)

Colors that create a triangle on the color wheel

16.

Mondrian, Wasilly, Kandinsky & Pollock are what kind of artists?

a)

Cubism

b)

Symbolism

c)

Surrealism

d)

Abstract