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Art Terminology Definitions

Hue: A gradation or varity of color; tint: pale hues.
Chroma: The purity of color, or its freedom from white or gray.
Tint: A color or a variety of a color; hue.
Tone: Any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: Shrill tones.
Shade: The comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
Complimentary Colors: Colors diectly opposite from each other in the color spectrum, such as red and green or blue and orange, that when combined in the right proportions, produces white light. The effect is not the same when mixing paints.
Analogous Colors: Colors that are related to each other. Ex: blue, violet, and red violet all contain red.
Conrasting Colors: Colors placed opposite line another on the color wheel. Also called compementay colors. For example, orange and blue are contrasting colors.
Texture: The feel, appearance, or consistency of a suface or a substance.
Graphic Design Principles: Balance, procimity alignment, repetition, contrast, etc. are all examples of graphic design principles.
Balance: As a basic principal of art, specifically of design, balance refers to the ways in which the elements of a piece are arranged.
Symmetry: Symmetry is presented in the same way when the elements within balance each other out.

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