| A | B |
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| abstract | Does not closely resemble something from the real world you can see or touch |
| Gestalt | Seeing an image as a whole rather than as its individual parts |
| simultaneous contrast | The perception that colors change when placed beside other colors |
| motif | A basic element that is repeated to create a pattern |
| hue | The name of a color in its pure form |
| symbol | Image that stands for an idea |
| closure | The tendency to complete partial forms or shapes by seeing lines that do not exist |
| intensity | The brightness or dullness, or level of saturation, of a color |
| composition | The design or arrangement of parts on any two-dimensional surface |
| afterimage | The appearance of a primary color's complement when you close your eyes or move them to a white background |
| elements of art | The building blocks used by artists; line, shape, color, texture, value, form, and space |
| golden section | An ancient Greek ideal ratio that can be expressed in numbers as 0.618034:1 |
| principles of design | Guides the use of the elements of art; balance, movement & rhythm, emphasis, unity & variety, pattern, proportion, and contrast. In graphic design, also dynamics, closure, and expression |
| additive primaries | The primary colors of light - red, green, and blue - which create white light when mixed together |
| optical illusion | Seeing something other than what is really there |
| visual path | A visual journey along a page created by the careful placement of lines, shapes or forms, and colors |
| value | The degree of lightness or darkness of a color determined by the amount of light it reflects |
| expression | The emotional, cultural, or social content of a design |
| illusion | A false belief about something you see |
| spectrum | The range of color; refracted or bent wavelengths of light |
