Art Terminology Definitions

Art Terminology Definitions

Hue-

A hue is the attribute of colors that usually classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or any colors in between any of these pairs. So for example light green is a different hue than dark green. 

Reference - http://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Hue

Chroma-

A chroma is an aspect of color in the Munsell color system that appears to differ from a gray of the same brightness or lightness and it corresponds to the saturation of the perceived color. So it is a color that is free of white or gray

Reference - http://www.answers.com/topic/chroma

Tint-

A tint is a shade of color, usually pale or delicate variation of the color. It is a gradation of color mostly made by adding white to a color to lessen the saturation of it. So a light fading red could be a tint.

Reference - http://www.brainyquote.com/words/ti/tint230546.html

Tone-

A tone is the quality of a color modified with a mixture of black and white. The overall effect of color values of the gradations of light and dark in a picture. So there different tones of every kind of color. For example, there tones of blue, red, green, purple.

Reference -http://www.yourdictionary.com/tone

Shade-

A shade is a darker area in a picture or painting. A color that varies slightly from a regular color due to a difference in hue, saturation, or luminosity.

Reference - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shade

Complimentary Colors-

Either one of two colors whose mixture in the right proportions produces white, in the case of light or gray, in the case of pigment. A color directly opposite another on a color wheel and providing the greatest chromatic contrast to it.

Reference - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/complementary+color

Analogous Colors-

Analogous colors are the closest shades and tints of color on the color wheel. They are very soothing and easy to use when put together. Some examples are yellow, green and orange; yellow, green and blue; orange, red and purple.

  

Reference - http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0882846.html

Contrasting Colors-

Colors placed opposite one another on the color wheel. For example, orange and blue are contrasting colors. The colors don't have to be direct opposites on the color wheel to be considered contrasting colors.

Reference - http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/contrastingcolors.htm

Texture-

Used to describe how a 3-D object actually feels when touched. It can also mean the visual "feel" of a 2-D object. An example would be a painter, depicting a rock, would create the illusions of these qualities through use of color, line, and shape.

Reference - http://arthistory.about.com/cs/glossaries/g/t_texture.htm 

Graphic Design-

The Principles of Graphic Design suggest how a designer can best arrange the various elements of a page layout in connection to the overall design and to each other. An example would be if you were making a webpage.

Reference - http://www.agda.com.au/about/what-is-graphic-design 

Balance-

Balance is the way in which elements of a piece are arranged. The formal definition of balance means symmetrical but can also be used as an art definition. Balance can also mean Asymmetrical.


Reference - http://twahl14.blogspot.com/2012/02/definition-of-balance-in-artgraphic.html

Symmetry-

What occurs when one side of something balances out or mirrors the other. As an example if you were to draw a line down the middles of the of your body you would see that your eyes, teeth, ears all mirror each other which is called symmetry.

Reference - http://en.mimi.hu/finearts/symmetrical.html