Visual Elements - Light and Color Answers

Symbolic meaning with color refers to the special meaning(s) a color can represent to certain culture. Answers may vary, but should include at least 2 examples: - seeing red - feeling blue - green with envy

Light is the illumination coming from a light source. Most importantly, light is what allows us to see images or objects at all. Without light in art, we would be unable to see, or differentiate between objects, or even create them. Light is the element that allows us to see color, and allows for shading and shadowing to exist, which helps create a three dimensional appearance.

Value: The degree of lightness or darkness in a hue.

It is a contemporary tattoo, created by an artist in Germany. The artist chose to use monochromatic color. Therefore, he used primarily one color but varied the value with color intensity and shading. By using different color values, depth and texture have been created just through the use of color.

Tint is created by adding white to a hue (color), while tone is created by adding black to a hue (color). Tint and tone are related to shading, which is determined based on the 10-step value scale.

Hue: The color's name such as red, yellow, blue.

Intensity: The brightness or dullness of a color.

The primary colors are red, blue, and yellow. These three colors are considered the primary colors because all others colors are created by mixing some combination of these colors.