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| Desgn | organization of parts into a coherent whole |
| Design elements | line, space, form, color, value, and texture |
| Design principles | emphasis, contrast, balance, harmony, rhythm, proportion, unity, variety |
| Line | a grahpic symbol; a thin continuous mark made by pen, pencil or brush; distance betwwen tow points; do not appear in naure |
| contour lines | lines that outline & define forms |
| median line | a line that separates two equal halves of a composition |
| shape | 2D figure with length and width |
| geometric shpaes | man-made shpaes not associated with nautre; composed of straight & perfectly arced lines enclosed to create a shape |
| organic shapes | irregular, free-flowing shapes derived from nature; not composed |
| form | 3D figure that contains a sense of mass & volume; can be actual ro an illusion of a 3d object |
| Depth space | 3D illusion of distance |
| 3 dimensions | length width and depth |
| negative space | unoccupied or empty space found around the outside of an object |
| positive space | occupied space found within an object |
| hue | specific name given to a color such as red or yellow |
| color | a quality of visible light having the properties of hue, value and chroma |
| value | light or dark shade of color |
| chroma | intensity of degree of brillaince of a color |
| primary colors | red, yellow, blue; cannot be obtained by mixing colors |
| secondary colors | green,m orange and violet obtained by mixing primary colorts |
| tertiary colors | red-orange; yellow-orange; red-violet; blue-violet; obtained by mixing primary colors with secondary colors |
| complementary colors | hues that are director opposite of each ohter ont eh color wheel; when overlapped they intensify each other; blue- orange; yellow-violet; green-red; yellow-orange & blue violet etc |
| analogous colors | colors that appeard close to one another on the color wheel; they have something in common |
| warm colors | remind us of flames; reds yellows, oranges |
| cool colors | remind us of cold; blues, greens and violets |
| texture | surface quality of an object or composition |
| tactile texture | actual texture or changes on the surface that can be felt |
| visual texture | simulated texture created by variations in light and dark values |
| background | space in a composition that is farthest away from the viewer |
| foreground | space in the composition that is closest to the viewer |
| overlap | to extend over and over part of; to coincide partly |
| bisect | to cut in half |
