Color & Design

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Abstract texture

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modified, simplified, or distorted depicton of textured surface

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Actual texture

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tactile, physical texture (as opposed to a depiction of texture)

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Collage

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A pictorial technique whereby the artist adheres a variety of materialls to the picture plane surface, pften combining them with painted or drawn areas.

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color discord

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color relationship that is visually uncomfortable, potentially jarring or eye-catching. Color discord is the opposite of color harmony

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complementary colors

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two colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel- red and green, blue and orange, or yeloow and violet in a subtractive color system.

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Op Art

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style of art defined by illusions of vibrations through afterimage, diorienting perspective and pattern , and juxtapostions of contrasting color.

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Pattern

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a repeating element or design; usually producinginterconnections and obvious directional movements. Patterns can be present in textures or servesome of the same functions as textures.

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rhythm

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beat, flow, or sense of movement generally achieved by the reptition of regulated visual units; the use of measured accents.

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Simultaneous contrast

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when differing colors come into direct contact, the contrast intensifiestheir perceived difference

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simulated texture

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a convincing copy/ transpation of an objectstexture in any medium.

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vibrating color

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an optical effect of color interaction between some high intensity colors of equal value. This particular kind of simultaneous contrast.

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anchromatic

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lacking an distinct hue, colorless, neutral grays, white and black.

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monochromatic

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of a single color, including its shades and tints.

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nuetral colors

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whites, blacks and grays, colors that lack a distinctive amount of hue

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connotative meaning

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subtext or suggestive quality. content that is implied rathere than made explixit

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cool colors

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greens, blues, violets. coool colors tend to appear more "passive" and recede

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warm colors

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red, orange, yellow. warm colors tend to appear more "active" and advance.

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expression

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manifestation of thought, emotion or meaning in an artwork.

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line

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the path of a moving point

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mark making

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a term used in art to describe the aesthetic importance of the hand-made mark.

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paint quality

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enrichment of surface through paint handling, textural interest

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tactile

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quality pertaining to the sense of touch

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unity

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the integration of all parts of a work to create a sense of oneness, completeness

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ways to achieve unity

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\\proximity, repetition, color/value. line, shape, texture, continuity, grid.

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gradient/ gradation

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successive transition of color or value

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hue

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the common name of a color, indicating its position in the spectrum or color wheel

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primary colors

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the basdic hues

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secondary colors

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color produced by a mixture of two primary colors.

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subtractive color

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the color observed when wavelength of light are reflected back to the viewer after all other wavelengths are absorbed/subtracted.

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shade

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the combo of any hue with black

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spectrum

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the band of individual colors produced when a beam of white light is broken into its component wavelenghts

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tint

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the combo of any color with white.