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THE BASIC SHAPE AND CONFIGURATION OF AN OBJECT OR SPACE.
AN INFINITE NUMBER BUT PEOPLE MOSTLY USE CYLINDRICAL, FLAT, SQUARE, LINEAR.
TOOL TO CREATE ORDER, ESTABLISH MOOD AND COORDINATE COMPONENTS OF A FINISHED SPACE.
GENERATED WITH LINES, PLANES, VOLUMES AND POINTS. |
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| AN OBJECT OR FORM WHOSE ACTUAL OR VISUAL LENGTH GREATLY EXCEEDS ANY ACTUAL WIDTH AND DEPTH IT MAY HAVE. |
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A FORM WITH TWO DOMINANT DIMENSIONS, LENGTH AND WIDTH.
HELP DETERMINE THE FORM OF A SPACE WITH SHAPE, TEXTURE, COLOR AND PATTERN. |
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A SPATIAL FORM HAVING LENGTH, WIDTH AND HEIGHT.
A VOID IS SPACE ITSELF DEFINED BY PLANES OR OTHER ELEMENTS.
USUALLY DEFINED AS REGULAR(CUBIC), IRREGULAR(FREE-FORM) OR BY A DOMINANT CHARACTERISTIC. |
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THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OF AN OBJECT OR SPACE THAT DEFINES IT AS DISTINCT FROM ADJACENT OBJECTS OR SPACES.
DISTINGUISHED BY PLANAR OR VOLUMENTRIC FORMS AND CAN BE GEOMETRIC(SQUARE), IRREGULAR(FREE-FORM TABLE) OR NATURAL(TREE). |
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THE RELATIVE SIZE OF SOMETHING AS RELATED TO ANOTHER ELEMENT OF KNOWN SIZE. USUALLY BASED ON TWO OR MORE NON HUMAN OBJECTS.
NO DEFINITE RULES FOR SCALE RELATIONSHIPS.
"CORRECT" SCALE DEPENDENT ON THE DESIGN INTENT. |
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A PHYSICAL PROPERTY OF VISIBLE LIGHT THAT IS ONE PART OF THE LARGER ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM.
EACH COLOR DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE OTHERS BY ITS WAVELENGTH. RED HAS THE LONGEST, VIOLET HAS THE SHORTEST. |
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| ADDITIVE VS SUBTRACTIVE COLORS |
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ADDITIVE-WHEN ALL COLORS OF LIGHT ARE PRESENT IN EQUAL AMOUNTS YOU PERCEIVE WHITE LIGHT.
SUBTRACTIVE- WHEN ALL COLORS OF A PIGMENT ARE PRESENT IN EQUAL AMOUNTS, WE PERCEIVE NO COLOR, OR BLACK. |
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OF LIGHT- RED, GREEN, BLUE
OF PIGMENT- YELLOW, RED, BLUE |
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HUE- THE BASIC COLOR
VALUE- THE DEGREE OF LIGHTNESS OR DARKNESS IN RELATION TO BLACK & WHITE.
INTENSITY(CHROMA)- THE DEGREE OF PURITY OF THE HUE WHEN COMPARED WITH A NEUTRAL GRAY. |
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TINT-WHEN WHITE IS ADDED TO A HUE, THE VALUE IS RAISED
SHADE-BLACK IS ADDED TO A HUE, VALUE IS LOWERED
TONE- ADDING GRAY OF THE SAME VALUE TO A HUE |
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| BREWSTER/PRANG COLOR SYSTEM |
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| THE FAMILIAR COLOR WHEEL THAT ORGANIZES COLOR PIGMENTS INTO THE THREE PRIMARY COLORS OF RED, BLUE AND YELLOW |
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| DEFINES COLOR MORE ACCURATELY THAN THE COLOR WHEEL AND USES THREE SCALES IN THREE DIMENSIONS TO SPECIFY THE VALUES OF THE HUE, VALUE AND CHROMA(INTENSITY). |
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| OPPOSITE EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL, REINFORCE EACH OTHER. |
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| A LIGHT COLOR PLACED ON A DARK BACKGROUND WILL APPEAR LIGHTER THAN IT IS, AND VISE VERSA. |
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| MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEME |
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| ONE HUE WITH VARIATIONS ONLY IN INTENSITY AND VALUE. |
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HUES THAT ARE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL.
*GENERALLY WILL NOT EXTEND BEYOND ONE 90-DEGREE SEGMENT ON THE COLOR WHEEL. |
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| COMPLEMENTARY/SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY |
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HUES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COLOR WHEEL ARE USED IN THE SCHEME.
*SC- A COLOR ON ONE SIDE OF THE COLOR WHEEL IS USED WITH TWO HUES THAT LIE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE COMPLEMENTARY COLOR. |
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TRIAD- COLORS EQUALLY SPACED AROUND THE COLOR-WHEEL
*TETRAD- FOUR COLORS THAT ARE EQUALLY SPACED AROUND THE WHEEL. |
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THE SURFACE QUALITY OF A MATERIAL. CAN BE ACTUAL OR VISUAL. *EVERY ACTUAL TEXTURE HAS AN ASSOCIATED VISUAL TEXTURE, BUT VISUAL TEXTURES DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE AN ACTUAL TEXTURE.
*VERY DIFFUSE LIGHTING OR STRONG, DIRECT LIGHTING TEND TO WASH OUT TEXTURE, WHILE STRONG SIDE LIGHTING WILL EMPHASIZE THE ACTUAL TEXTURE. |
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| THE REPETITION OF A DECORATIVE MOTIF ON A SURFACE. *CAN BE A 2 DIMENSIONAL OR LINEAR COMPOSITION. |
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| THE MEANS BY WHICH WE SEE ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND IT STRONGLY AFFECTS HOW WE PERCEIVE SPACE AND OBJECTS. |
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