Elements and Principles of Art

Line, shape, color, value, texture, form and space are the Elements of Art.

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Pattern, contrast, emphasis, movement, balance, proportion and unity are the Principles of Design.

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A TINT is a color mixed with black and a SHADE is a color mixed with white.

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A _______ is the path of a moving dot and can vary in direction and thickness. 

• shape
• form
• space
• line

It is created by light reflecting off an object and back to the eye.

• Value

• Texture

• Color

It is the lightness or darkness of a color.

• Value

• Texture

• Space

___________ is the surface quality that can be seen or felt. It can be actual: how something feels when touched or implied: the way something looks like it feels.

• Unity

• Texture

• Space

It is the area between, around or within an object and it is used to create the illusion of depth.

• Unity

• Contrast

• Space

When parts of a work of art come together and create a sense of wholeness.

• Unity

• Contrast

• Balance

The Principle of Design that is the arrangement of opposite elements together such as light and dark, rough and smooth, or large and small.

• Movement

• Balance

• Contrast