Intro To Interior Design

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Accent Lighting

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creates and emphasis or focus, such as to highlight a painting, or a sculpture. also referred to as key lighting

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Ambient Lighting

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(to go around) describes diffuse. uniform illumination that provides for safe movement. also referred to as general lighting

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Applied pattern

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is the design repeated by printing a fabric.

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Artificial Light

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also called electric light, includes incandescent, fluorescent, neon, high-intensity discharge, and LED (light emitting diode)

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Asymmetrical Balance

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defined as the achievement of equilibrium trough equal visual weight of nonidentical elements around an axis. results in a flexible, dynamic, and informal composition.

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Axis

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a real or imagined centerline

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Chroma

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refers to the purity, saturation, or intensity of a color. Adding gray to a color lowers its chroma

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Elements of design

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Line, Pattern, Texture, Scale, Light, and Color

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Electric Light

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same as artificial light.includes incandescent, fluorescent, neon, high-intensity discharge, and LED (light emitting diode)

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Form

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A 3D unit. is made up of shapes on different planes. Regular Geometric forms are cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, and pyramid

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Geometric Shape

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Whether straight or curvilinear, geometric shapes are regular. Square, rectangle, triangle, and circle.

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Golden Section (Golden Mean)

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one of the numerous mathematical formulas as a mean of understanding and quantifying proportion ratios. utilized by the ancient Greeks

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Hue

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refers to the family of a color or the way we distinguish one color, such as red, from another such as yellow. More precise term for a color's family

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Human Scale

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constant range of what we expect the human size to be

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Line

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its a connection between two points in space and it indicates either lenght or width.

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Natural Light

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includes day light, flame, candle, and skylight

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Organic Shape

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based on nature and living objects, whether in the animal (and human) or plant kingdom.

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Ornament

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used to detonate visual detail that is not functional, but rather purely decorative

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Pattern

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repetition of an specific motif

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Plane

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flat surface

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Primaries of color

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pigments red, yellow, and blue

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Primaries of light

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Red, green, blue

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principles of design

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proportion, balance, rhythm, contrast, emphasis, harmony

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Radial Balance

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equilibrium that relies on a center, point, which serves as the axis around which elements of equal visual weight are arranged. often used for ceremonial spaces such as churches

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Scale

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when comparing the relative size of two or more objects

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void

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empty space

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shape

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as a line shifts direction, developing both length and width.

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solid

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the addition of the third dimension, depth or volume, produces the boundaries of a solid

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structural pattern

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the design achieved in a fabric through weaving. also the way the bricks in a building are arranged produces structural pattern

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tactile

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it can be felt by touch in addition to being visual

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task lighting

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illuminates certain areas of space to facilitate specific activities such as reading. also referred to as local lighting

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texture

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the features of a surface, both its construction and its finish

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tint

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when white is added to a hue the value is heightened

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tone

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when gray is added to a color

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symmetrical balance

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is a formal, static, and traditional type of balance achieved with identical elements arranged around a common axis

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shade

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when black is added to a color

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trompe l' oeil

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another artistic technique that tricks the eye so that the viewer imagines a structure having significant three-dimensionality rather than being flat.

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value

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refers to the degree of lightness or darkness of a color.

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visible spectrum

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the spectrum of light that humans are able to see. it ranges from red to purple

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visual weight

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equality in design is achieved when features have equal weight. the visual weight of objects may be influenced by their size, shape, texture, color, complexity, and position