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| Human behabior that attempts to lay claim to space and give a sense of self-identity. |
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| The study of the degrees of spatial separation that people maintain while interacting, and how these distances are related to social, environmental, and cultural factors. |
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| In proxemics as described by Edward T. Hall what are the names of the four distances (starting with closest)? |
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| From closest to furthest, they are: intimate, personal, social and public. |
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| What theory did Abraham Maslow propose? |
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| The hierarchy of human needs, ranging from basic needs (food and water, to more advanced needs (self-actualization, order and beauty). |
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| This is a mental construct, based on a philosophy or set of beliefs, that is used to direct a design. |
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| In design, what is regionalism? |
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| This is a social or cultural influence on a design that reflects a particular geographical area. |
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| What are the 6 elements of design? |
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| Form, scale, colour, texture, pattern and light. |
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| Scale is the relative size of an object or element in comparison to another element of known size. |
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| What are the true primary colours of pigment? |
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| yellow, magenta and cyan. |
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| The most basic colour classification. Ex: what distinguishes yellow from blue. |
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| In terms of colour what is intensity or chroma? |
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| the degree of purity of a hue when compared to a neutral gray of the same value. |
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| What tree terms define the Munsell colour system? |
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| The system defines colour by: hue, value, chroma. |
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| What is the simultaneous contrast? |
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| The phenomenon of when a colour seems to change when placed against differently colourd backgrounds. |
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| What is an analogous colour scheme? |
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| Hues that are close to each other on the colour wheel. |
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