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Visual Art Vocabulary 1 + 2 by CEES

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a PORTFOLIO?

a)

a bunch of colors in a circle

b)

a large, thin, flat case to hold papers, such as drawings

c)

a range in pattern

d)

an assortment of colorful papers

2.

What is a STUDIO?

a)

a rapid style of drawing

b)

a time to study for an art test

c)

a workroom or space for an artist to create in

d)

a light to help you see shadows

3.

What is a PALETTE?

a)

An abstract piece of art

b)

a collection of random objects

c)

a design made of pale colors

d)

a tray to pour and mix paint on

4.

What is a PORTRAIT?

a)

a picture of a face

b)

a display of botanical art

c)

artwork done on a pennant flag

d)

a large-eyed needle for sewing

5.

What is a MEDIUM?

a)

a realistic style of art

b)

a material you make art with

c)

an art show

d)

a comment on your art

6.

What is a SHADE?

a)

a box to film stop-motion in

b)

Any color mixed with white

c)

any color made with black

d)

a suggestion for your art

7.

What is CHARCOAL?

a)

An arrangement of objects to draw

b)

a type of paint

c)

a coal-colored Pokemon character

d)

a solid black piece of carbon you can draw with

8.

What is a BACKGROUND?

a)

the brightest color in your artwork

b)

a dropcloth to put on the floor under messy paint

c)

the area behind the main focus of the picture

d)

a container for tempera cakes

9.

What is CLAY?

a)

a painting on canvas

b)

a thick whitish substance you can mold with your hands into shapes

c)

the process of stirring water into paint

d)

a day of coloring with crayons

10.

What is a STOMP?

a)

a color wheel

b)

a mixture of collage and drawing

c)

a printmaking technique

d)

a paper blending tool for pencil and charcoal

11.

What is the COLOR WHEEL?

a)

a spinning motor

b)

A wheel that spins with water flow

c)

A circle of artists holding paintbrushes

d)

a circle with different colored sections to show relationships between colors

12.

What are the 3 PRIMARY COLORS?

a)

orange, green, purple

b)

red, blue, yellow

c)

black, white, grey

d)

red, green, blue

13.

What are the SECONDARY COLORS?

a)

red, white and blue

b)

orange, purple, and green

c)

red, yellow and blue

d)

grey, brown and pink

14.

What are COMPLEMENTARY COLORS?

a)

colors next to each other on the color wheel

b)

colors opposite each other on the color wheel

c)

colors that get compliments

d)

colors you can only get by mixing paint

15.

What are WARM COLORS?

a)

red, orange, yellow

b)

green, blue , purple

c)

teal, grey, and black

d)

white, blue, and purple

16.

What are COOL COLORS?

a)

peach, brown and white

b)

red, orange, yellow

c)

magenta, coral and gold

d)

green, blue, purple

17.

What is a TINT?

a)

a technique for sculpting

b)

any color made with white

c)

an iPad tool

d)

any color made with black

18.

What is COLOR?

a)

the effect that we see when light hits an object

b)

part of an art smock

c)

a black and white drawing technique

d)

a box of cardboard

19.

What are the TERTIARY COLORS?

a)

black white and grey

b)

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

c)

red, yellow, and blue

d)

orange, green and purple

20.

What is a SELF-PORTRAIT?

a)

a sideways piece of paper

b)

a picture of a face

c)

a display of cars

d)

a picture of your face