1. Mr. MacNeil Design 11 Charles P. Allen High School
Elements of Design
Mr. MacNeil
Design 11
Charles P. Allen High School

2. Elements of Design

3. Elements of Design
Can you think of words to describe what you see to the right?
Space
Line
Shape
Form
Colour
Value
Texture

4. The illusion of depth can be achieved by using different types of perspective.
It has two characteristics:
positive…the object
negative… the voided area surrounding the object.
Space

5. Line Is a continuous mark. It has five characteristics: length width
curvature
depth
texture

6. Shape Is an enclosed line.
It has height and width and is usually considered flat…2-D.
There are four basic shapes
circle
square
rectangle
triangle

7. Form Is two or more shapes combined. It had height, width, and depth.
It is considered 3-D and you usually can walk around and/or through it.
There are four forms
Sphere
Cone
Cylinder
Cubes

8. Color Hue is another word for color. There are:
3 Primary colors
3 Secondary colors
6 Intermediate colors
placed evenly around the basic color wheel.

9. Primary Colors * Yellow is at 4 o’clock * Blue is at 8 o’clock
Red is at 12 o’clock
Placed every fourth space away.
These cannot be made by combining other colors.

10. Secondary Colors The formula for a Secondary is P + P = S
Blue + Red = Violet at 10 o’clock
Yellow + Blue = Green at 6 o’clock
Red + Yellow = Orange at 2 o’clock

11. Intermediate Colors The formula for an Intermediate color is P+S = I
R+O = RED ORANGE
Y+O = YELLOW ORANGE
Y+G = YELLOW GREEN
B+G = BLUE GREEN B+V = BLUE VIOLET R+V = RED VIOLET

12. Color Schemes
Monochromatic - different values of the same color. Color + white, gray or black
Complementary - two colors opposite each other on the color wheel.
Analogous colors next to each other on the color wheel that have a family resemblance.
Warm colors are red, orange and yellow.
Cool colors are green, blue and violet.

13. Color Wheel

14. Value …is the lightness and darkness of a color or neutral gray.
White added to a color is a tint.
Gray added to a color is a tone.
Black added to a color is a shade.
These are called Neutrals.

15. Texture The feel of a surface. There are two kinds: Actual or real
usually made by nature
Implied or fake
usually created by man