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Fund. of Interior desing
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
09/29/2008

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Term
Hue
Definition
Color
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Brewster Color Wheel

Definition

12 Colors

Primary: Red, Yellow, Blue

Secondary: Violet,Orange, Green

Tertiary: Blue Violet, Blue Green, Red Orange,

             Red Violet, Yellow Green, Yellow Orange 

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Value

Definition

Is Colors visual weight: its lightness or darkness in relation to black and white

Add more white for lightness (tint) 

Add more Black for darkness (Shade)

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Intensity

 

Definition

The brightness or dullness of a color

 

Add Gary or the direct complement hue

Term

 

 

Color Scheme

Definition

Monochromatic

Analogous

Direct Complementary

Split Complementary

Triadic Complementary

Achromatic

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Monochromatic

Definition
Color scheme based on one color
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Analogous

Definition
Color Scheme adjacent to each on the color wheel
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Direct Complementary

Definition
Pairs of color exactly opposite each other on the color wheel
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Split Complementary

Definition
Contains a base  hue and two other color on each sode of the direct complement color
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Triadic Complementary

Definition
Three colors that are equidistant in the color wheel
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Achromatic

Definition
Use of neutarls ( White, off-white, black, off-black, grays and brown and beiges)
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Principles of Design

Definition

Scale

Proportion

Balance

Rhythm

Emphasis

Harmony

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Scale

 

Definition

Artistic 

Human

Architechural

Appropraite

Unexpected 

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Proportion

 

Definition

is the relationship of the visual weight of parts and the whole

 

Golden Mean 3 to 5

Term

 

 

 

Balance

 

 

Definition

Symmetrical

asymmetrical

Radial

Term

 

 

 

Rhythm

Definition

Repetition

Alternation

Progreesion or Gradation

Transition

Contrast or Opposition

Term

 

 

 

Emphasis

Definition

Emphatic

Dominant

Subdominate

Subordinate

Term

 

 

Harmony

Definition
Made combining two sub-priciples: unity and varity
Term

 

 

Space

Definition

The defining of open and closed areas and postive

(filled) versus negative (empty)

 

 

Term

 

 

 

Shape and Form

Definition

Shape: is two demensional

i.e. square, rectangle, triangle, circle

Form: is three Demensional

i.e. cube,cone, sphere

Term

 

 

Mass

Definition

Actual density

Optical Density

Term

 

 

 

Massing

Definition

grouping together components to create a

"unified mass."

Term

 

 

Line

Definition

Vertical

Horizontal

Angular

Curved

 

Term

 

 

 

Texture

Definition

Smothness or roughness of a surface. texture can be read physically or visually

 

Rough- casual

Smooth- formal

Term

 

 

Pattern

Definition

Placement of emphasis

Character of pattern

Color Scheme

Scale of pattern

Term

 

 

Light

Definition
Natural sunlight or artifical light affects of appearance of all other elements of design.
Term

 

 

Color

Definition

Red, orange, yellow- stimulating, friendly, cozy, inviting

Blue, green, violet- calming, dignifing, formal, restrained

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     Law of Chromatic Distubution

Definition
Larger areas are dulled and neutralized, and smallest areas are brightest, with the intensity becoming bright as area becomes smaller
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