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| The basic element in any artwork. |
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| Created through shading to give things dimension. |
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| A composition is made up of various shapes, both negative and positive. |
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| Has to do with how much black white or gray is in a color. |
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| Texture is used to make a flat surface look more realistic, like something you want to touch. |
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| What the artist uses to create moods or ideas. |
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| When the right and left side of the art piece looks the same, it is considered to be symmetrically balanced. |
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| Has been created if one's eye moves freely through the composition. |
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| When an element of design is repeated, it creates a pattern. |
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| Concerned with the sense of wholeness which results from the successful combination of the component elements of an artwork. |
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| When dark areas are next to light areas, this creates contrast. |
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| Has to do with the inclusion of differences in the elements of a composition to offset unity. |
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| When a very dark area is next to a white area, it creates a focal point. |
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| In the visual arts, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impacts of specific color combinations. |
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| The name of a color ie: Yellow is a Hue. |
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| The brightness or saturation of a color. Intensity can be lessoned by adding a complimentary gray to it. |
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| Red, Yellow and Blue-from these colors, all other colors are created. |
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| Orange, Green and Purple (violet). These colors are formed by mixing two primary colors together. |
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| Formed by mixing a primary and secondary color together. |
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| Colors directly opposite on the color wheel (used to lessen the intensity of a color). |
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| Hues containing Red, Orange or Yellow (like the sun). |
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| Hues containing green, blue and violet (like the ocean). |
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| The uniform color of objects when they are hit by white light. |
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| Paintings with dominant light values. |
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| Paintings with dominant dark values. |
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| Technique of painting the pigments pre-mixed, flat and crispy onto the canvas or painting. |
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