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Six Elements of Art

This document discusses the six elements of art: color, line, medium, rhythm, structure, and style. It describes color as being determined by hue, saturation and brightness, and categorizes colors as primary, secondary, intermediate, and tertiary. It also provides interpretations for different color meanings. Line is described as the simplest element and can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal. Medium refers to the means of communication as either visual or auditory. Rhythm relates to the path of connection in arrangements. Structure gives variety and beauty through surface treatment. Style expresses an artist's temperament and training.

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Six Elements of Art

This document discusses the six elements of art: color, line, medium, rhythm, structure, and style. It describes color as being determined by hue, saturation and brightness, and categorizes colors as primary, secondary, intermediate, and tertiary. It also provides interpretations for different color meanings. Line is described as the simplest element and can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal. Medium refers to the means of communication as either visual or auditory. Rhythm relates to the path of connection in arrangements. Structure gives variety and beauty through surface treatment. Style expresses an artist's temperament and training.

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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

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