New Art Vocabulary Terms 2024-25

A ___ color scheme uses three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel.

The line that separates land from sky, is called the ___. (It's the first line you draw in a perspective drawing.)

Which of these paintings has an asymmetrical visual balance?

If a visual element is repeated in a predictable way, it forms a ___.

Each of these cubes has a different visual ___, because each looks like it would feel different if you touched it.

Which of these images has more contrast?

Each of these oil paintings was created with the same ___.

The two colors indicated by the arrows can be described as ___ colors.

Which color wheel has arrows indicating the secondary colors?

In this picture, is the negative space black or white?

All of the paintings below could be described as ___.

True or False? You don't have to know the direction of the light in order to properly draw shadows.

The size of one part of something, compared to the size of the other parts is known as ___.

This illustration best shows which of the seven Principles of Design?

This Element of Art can be traced with a closed line.

Each of these paintings can be described as ___.

True of False? The arrows point to colors that can be used together as an analogous color scheme.

The ___ is the part of a picture to which the artist most wants to draw the viewer's eye.

In a perspective drawing, this is the spot on the horizon where all of the diagonal lines come together.

Each of the four images below can best be described as a ___.

If we describe something as ___ art, it means the artists who made are still alive.

Pictured below is a ___ scale. ___ is the art term for how light or dark something appears.

Which of these greens has the most intensity?

Beginning in the 1400s, the ___ was a period of time when artists rediscovered ancient forms and techniques.

There are six Principles of Design. This one is about making something stand out to catch the eye.

In art we call colors colors, but our more technical name for colors them is ___.

Red, blue, and yellow are ___ and a ___ color scheme.

This painting, this photograph, and this drawing are all ___.