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Element Vocabulary
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lines | Used to organize information, simulate movement, lead the eyes and enhance a design. |
| Positive Space | length, width, and depth of objects |
| Negative Space | "White Space"; the distance between objects; gives a design breathing room |
| Shapes | 2-deminsional space; used to enhance a publication |
| Geometric | Square, triangle, circle |
| Organic | Natural or man-made objects such as leaves, trees, and cars |
| Form | 3-dimensional space added to objects by the addition of shadows, tone, or color transitions |
| Mass | The size or amount of space taken up by an element |
| Texture | Used to convey a "visual" sense of feel |
| Color | Can be used to evoke emotion |
| Calming colors | Cool colors (blue, green and violet) |
| Exciting Colors | Warm Colors (red, orange and yellow) |
| Neutral colors | Beige, ivory, taupe, black, gray, and white |
| Color Harmony | A visually pleasing arrangement of colors |
| Color platte | A chart used to choose colors |
| Complementary color Scheme | Any three colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel |
| Monochromatic Scheme | Uses variations in lightness and saturation of a single color |
| Color on Monitors | Colors are created by mixing varying degrees of red, green and blue light. Referred to as RGB (red, blue, green). Expressed as hexadecimals. Additive color |
| Color on Printers | In the four-color printing process, color is created by layering cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink. Referred to as CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black). Expressed as percentages. Subtractive color |
| Color Matching | The process of matching the colors produced on the computer screen to the colors that can be printed on paper using using to ensure the printed publication as possible |
| Hue | A color |
| Value | The brightness of color |
| Tint | A hue plus white |
| Shade | A hue plus black |
| Saturation | The amount of the hue used; a color's intensity |