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Submitted by
Judy Decker
Note: Format yourself into Word. When I used this with students, it was a
four page test.
Elements and Principles of Design Pre Test
True or False: Read each
of the following statements very carefully.
Mark A
on your scan tron cards for each true statement.
Mark B on your scan tron cards for each false statement.
Use a # 2 pencil only.
Be sure to blacken in your answer and erase completely any errors.
DO NOT MARK ON THIS TEST.
1. Asymmetrical is a type of visual balance in which two sides
of a composition are different yet balanced.
2. Informal balance is another word for symmetrical balance.
3. Unity is word that best describes the arrangement of
parts of an artwork.
4. An artwork that is balanced seems to have equal visual
weight of interest in all areas.
It seems stable.
5. Focal point is another way of saying center of interest.
The center of interest
is usually the most important part of a work of art.
6.
Color spectrum is a plan for selecting or organizing
colors for a composition.
7. A circular chart of colors is commonly used to remember
color relationships when working with pigments.
8. Secondary colors are directly opposite each other on
the color wheel.
9. When complementary colors are mixed together, they make a neutral
brown or gray.
10.
Colors are said to be contrasting when there is a large difference
in lightness and darkness.
11.
Cool colors are all colors that have white added to
them.
12.
The term two-dimensional may be applied to drawings and
paintings.
13.
The elements of design are the visual tools artists
use to create art. The art
elements include line, color, value, shape, form, texture, and space.
14.
The term emphasis may be used for an area that has
contrasting sizes, shapes, colors or other distinctive feature to catch
the viewer's attention.
15.
The term value refers to the brightness or dullness
of a color. Value of a
color may be dulled by adding its complement.
16.
Intermediate or Tertiary colors
are made by mixing equal parts of two primary colors.
The intermediate colors are orange, green and violet (or purple).
These are also called Tertiary colors.
17.
Invented textures may be created by repeating lines and
shapes in a pattern.
18.
A line can vary in length, width, direction, curvature,
value and color.
19.
A line can only be two-dimensional.
20.
Monochromatic refers to a painting done in one value.
21.
A secondary color is spaced equal distance between
two primary colors on the color wheel.
22.
You cannot see through an object or material that is opaque.
23.
Pattern is lines, colors, or shapes repeated over and
over in a planned way.
24.
Pattern is a model or guide for making something.
25.
The picture plane is the surface of a two-dimensional
artwork.
26.
Positive shapes are the objects in a work of art.
Principles and Elements of Design: Pre-test
Mark A for True. Mark
B for False.
27.
Negative shape is the background or space around the
subject of the artwork.
28.
Black and white are the primary colors.
29.
Repetition occurs when parts are used over and over in a
planned way.
30.
Rhythm is created when visual elements are repeated.
Rhythm may be alternating, regular, flowing, progressive, or jazzy.
31.
A drawing that was made 9 by 12 would be drawn to
scale if it was enlarged to 12 by 18.
32.
All cool colors are made with the color blue.
33.
A dark value of a color is made by adding black to
the color.
34.
Hue is another term for color.
35.
Drawing parallel lines to show grass is an example of simulated
texture.
36.
Space is the empty or open area between, around, above or
within objects.
37.
Subject is the idea shown in an artwork.
38.
The qualities of a work associated with the sense of touch
are tactile.
39.
Technique is an artists way of using art materials
such as a special type of brushstroke.
40.
Texture can be sensed by touch or sight.
41.
A work of art that has length, width and height is three-dimensional.
Principles and Elements of Design: Pre-test
Mark A for True. Mark
B for False.
42.
Tints of colors may be created by adding white.
Pink is a tint of red.
43.
Unity is obtained by repeating colors and shapes --
all parts of a design are working together as a team.
44.
Intensity is an art element that means darkness or
lightness of a surface.
45.
Variation is important in a work of art. Variation is the use
of different lines, shapes, textures, and colors.
46.
Red and green are examples of complementary colors.
47.
Warm colors are all of the colors that have white added
to them.
48.
The color plan of red,
yellow and blue is an example of a triad color scheme.
49.
A related color scheme would be colors that are next to
each other on the color wheel.
50. Analogous
colors is another term for complementary colors. |
