SIX ELEMENTS OF ART

MODULE #4
 I. COLOR
 THE QUALITY OF AN OBJECT WITH
RESPECT TO LIGHT REFLECTED BY IT
 DETERMINED BY THE HUE,
SATURATION, AND BRIGHTNESS OF
THE REFLECTED LIGHT
 COLORS ARE LABELLED AS:
PRIMARY, SECONDARY,
INTERMEDIATE AND TERTIARY
 PRIMARY COLORS
 BASIC COLORS
WHICH ARE RED,
YELLOW, AND BLUE
 SO CALLED
BECAUSE ALL
OTHER COLORS
ARE PRODUCED BY
THE COMBINATION
OF ANY TWO
COLORS
MENTIONED
 SECONDARY COLORS
 ARE GREEN,
VIOLET,AND
ORANGE
 BY MIXING ANY OF
THE PRIMARY
COLORS
 INTERMEDIATE COLORS
 ARE YELLOW-ORANGE,
RED-ORANGE, RED-
VIOLET, BLUE-VIOLET,
BLUE GREEN, AND
YELLOW GREEN
 ARE FORMED BY
MIXING IN EQUAL
AMOUNT PRIMARY
AND SECONDARY
COLORS
 TERTIARY COLORS
 ARE YELLOW-
ORANGE, VIOLET
GREEN, AND
ORANGE-GREEN
 PRODUCED BY
BLENDING TWO
SECONDARY
COLORS
 COLOR INTERPETRATION
 DESPAIR, GLOOM, DEATH AND MOURNING IS SUGGESTED BY THE
COLOR BLACK, BEING THE DARKEST AND DULLEST OF THE
COLORS
 THE COLOR THAT GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF VASTNESS AND OF
THE INFINITY IS BLUE WHICH IS THE COLOR OF THE SKY
 THE COLOR GRAY WHICH IS THE BLENDING OF BLACK AND WHITE
OR THE PRIMARY COLORS, GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF WEIGHT,
SOLIDITY AND NEUTRALITY
 THE COLOR GREEN IS A SYMBOL OF GROWTH, FRESHNESS, AND
HOPE. IT IS THE COLOR OF STILL WATER AND VEGETATION.
 THE COLOR THAT SYMBOLIZES DELICIOUSNESS AND SWEETNESS
IS ORANGE, WHICH IS COMBINATION OF RED AND YELLOW
 THE COLOR THAT SYMBOLIZES LOVE IS PINK WHICH IS A
COMBINATION OF RED AND WHITE
 RED WHICH IS A BASIC COLOR EXPRESSES FIRE, BLOOD, DANGER,
FESTIVITY, BRAVERY, WAR, PASSION, ENERGY AND WARMTH
 THE COLOR THAT SUGGESTS SHADOWS, MOURNING, PENANCE,
ROYALTY, AND POWER IS VIOLET WHICH IS A MIXTURE OF RED
AND BLUE
 THE COLOR THAT SUGGESTS HUMILITY AND CONFIDENCE IS
BROWN WHICH IS A BLENDING OF RED AND GREEN
 THE COLOR THAT SYMBOLIZES, LIFE, JOY, SUNSHINE,
CHEERFULNESS, WARMTH, SPLENDOR, AND HOSPITALIUTY IS
YELLOW WHICH IS ALSO A SYMBOL OF JEALOUSY AND HATRED
 II. LINE
THE SIMPLEST, OLDEST, AND MOST
UNIVERSAL ELEMENT. THREE KINDS:
 HORIZONTAL
 VERTICAL
 DIAGONAL
 III. MEDIUM
DENOTES THE MEANS BY WHICH AN
ARTIST COMMUNICATES HIS IDEA.
CLASSSIFIED AS:
 VISUAL
 AUDITORY
 IV. RHYTHM
 REFERS TO THE CONNECTION PATH
ALONG WHICH THE EYE MAY TRAVEL
IN ANY ARRANGEMENT OF LINES,
FORMS, OR COLORS
 RELATED MOVEMENT WHICH
SUGGESTS SOMETHING GRACEFUL
 V. STRUCTURE
 REFERSTO THE SURFACE
TREATMENT OF AN ARTISTIC WORK
IN ORDER TO GIVE VARIETY AND
BEAUTY TO ANY WORK OF ART.
 VI. STYLE
 DEALSWITH THE TYPICAL MODE OF
EXPRESSING THE TEMPERAMENT OR
OUTLOOK OF AN ARTIST’S LIFE AND
TRAINING