GHP Visual Arts Exam 2025

Design Principles - Correct Ans-Refers to the ways artists organize the visual elements of art: generally found to include balance, emphasis, contrast, unity, movement and rhythm. May also include: proportion, scale, repetition, pattern, and variety. Line - Correct Ans-A visual element that is the path of a moving point through space. It has the properties of direction, width and length. Form - Correct Ans-The visual element that is three-dimensional; having height, width and depth. Color - Correct Ans-A visual element that refers to what the eyes see when light is reflected off an object. Hue, value and intensity are three properties. Value - Correct Ans-The visual element that refers to lightness and darkness. Texture - Correct Ans-The visual element that refers to the way something feels or looks like it feels and can be actual or implied. Space - Correct Ans-The visual element that refers to the area between, around, above, below and within objects. Emphasis - Correct Ans-A principle of art that stresses one element of art, defines a center of interest or draws attention to certain areas with a work of art. Proportion - Correct Ans-A principle of art concerned with the relationships in size, one part to another or to the whole. Unity - Correct Ans-A principle of art that is concerned with the sense of wholeness or completeness. Movement - Correct Ans-A principle of art used to guide a viewer's eye throughout the work; a trend. Rhythm - Correct Ans-A principle of art in which the appearance of movement is created by the recurrence of elements. Contrast - Correct Ans-A principle of art that uses the differences between the visual elements to create variety, emphasis or interest. _____ in value is the difference between light and dark. Pattern - Correct Ans-Repetition of elements or motif. Scale - Correct Ans-When proportional relationships are created relative to a specific unit of measurement. Variety - Correct Ans-A principle of art through which different elements are used to add visual interest. Formal Balance - Correct Ans-When a composition is symmetrical, it gives the feeling that the weight is equally distributed, since this is a classical appearance of formality. Informal Balance - Correct Ans-When a composition is asymmetrical, there is a visual emphasis, or pull, to one side of the composition. For example, think about a seesaw or scales. Vertical Lines - Correct Ans-Communicate strength, rigidity, or height. Suggest spirituality, reaching toward sky. Diagonal lines communicate opposition or movement, curves lines communicate sensual or softening quality. Perspective: Linear - Correct Ans-A technique for representing 3-dimensional objects on a flat surface. During the Renaissance, artists invented this technique based upon math principles in order to give paintings a realistic appearance. Perspective: Atmospheric or Aerial - Correct Ans-Used to create depth and dimension. Artists use overlapping, color, size, and contrast to reproduce the effects of distant objects. Darker objects appear to be closer when using lighter and duller for distant objects. Pencil Shades: Light to Dark - Correct Ans-6H, 4H, 2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B Hue - Correct Ans-Color Intensity - Correct Ans-Describes the brilliance or dullness of color. For example, brighter colors in a composition are often associated with stronger emotions and heightened energy. Lightness - Correct Ans-The 'blackness' or 'whiteness' of the color. In terms of Color Wheel Pro, black has the lightness of -1, pure hue has the lightness of 0, and white has the lightness of 1: Saturation - Correct Ans-The amount of hue in proportion to the neutral gray of the same lightness, that is the intensity of color. Shades - Correct Ans-Mixtures of a hue and black. Tones - Correct Ans-Mixtures of a hue and its compliment or grays. Tints - Correct Ans-Mixtures of a hue and white. Primary Colors - Correct Ans-Red, Blue, Yellow. Used to make secondary colors. Secondary Colors - Correct Ans-Orange, Green, Violet. Tertiary Colors - Correct Ans-Created by mixing secondary colors and when mixing these colors, the secondary color tends to be muted or grayish to provide a variation of the secondary color.