DESIGN: Elements of design

Elements of Design

Line

Colour

Shape

Texture

Form

Line

An element of art that is used to define shape, contours, and outlines,

also to suggest mass and volume. It may be a continuous mark made on a surface

with a pointed tool or implied by the edges of shapes and forms.

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Color

Color comes form light; if it weren’t for light we would have no color.

When the light rays hits an object, our eyes responds to the light

that is bounced back and we see that color.

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Shape

When a line crosses itself or intersects with other lines to enclose a space,

it creates a shape. Shape is two-dimensional it has heights and width but no depth.

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Texture

Texture is the surface quality of an object. A rock may be rough and jagged.

A piece of silk may be soft and smooth and your desk may feel hard and smooth.

Texture also refers to the way a picture is made to look rough or smooth

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Form

Form is the three-dimensionality of an object. Shape is only two-dimensional;

form is three-dimensional. You can hold a form; walk around a form and in some cases,

walk inside a form. In drawing or painting using value can imply form.

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