Design principles: fill in the blanks · Grades 7–9

The word bank and sentences

Directions: Read each sentence. Choose the best word from the word bank and write it on the line.

• Word bank: cross out each word as you use it
• complementary · symmetry ____ negative space ____ focal point monochromatic · alignment · asymmetrical · analogous
• 1 Red, orange and yellow side by side form an · color scheme.
• 2 Islamic geometric art uses repeating patterns built on ____.
• 3 Blue and orange are · colors on the color wheel.
• 4 A · is where the eye lands first in a design.
• 5 A design that uses one hue in many tints and shades is ____.
• 6 The empty space around a subject is called ____.
• 7 A large shape on one side balanced by several small shapes on the other is balance.
• 8 Lining up text and images along shared edges is called ____.