This document defines and describes several elements of art, including shape, color, value (tone), and line. It explains that shape can be geometric or organic and is defined by other elements such as space, line, and texture. Color is described in terms of primary, secondary, and tertiary hues, as well as how value (lightness and darkness) relates to tints and shades. Value or tone refers to the use of light and dark and is directly related to contrast. Finally, line is defined as a mark spanning distance between points, and as an element it pertains to outlines and implied lines used to define shapes.

1. Element of art part
002

2. • Shape pertains to the use of areas in two
dimensional space that can be defined by
edges, setting one flat specific space apart
from another. Shapes can be geometric
(e.g.: square, circle, triangle, hexagon,
etc.)

3. • or organic (such as the shape of a puddle,
blob, leaf, boomerang, etc.) Shapes are
defined by other elements of art: Space,
Line, Texture, Value, Color, Form.

4. • Color
• Color pertains to the use of hue in artwork
and design.

5. • Defined as primary colors (red, yellow,
blue) which cannot be mixed
in pigment from other hues, secondary
colors (green, orange, violet) which are
directly mixed from combinations of
primary colors.

6. • Further combinations of primary and
secondary colors create tertiary (and
more) hues.

7. • Tint and Shadeare references to adding
variations in Value; other tertiary colors
are derived by mixing either a primary or
secondary color with a neutral color. e.g.
Red + White = Pink.

8. • Tone (Value)
• Value, or tone, refers to the use of light
and dark, shade and highlight, in an
artwork.

9. • Some people also refer the lightness and
darkness in an artwork as tints(light) and
shades(dark).

10. • Black-and-white photography depends
entirely on value to define its subjects.
Value is directly related to contrast.

11. • Line
• Line is defined as a mark that spans a
distance between two points (or the path
of a moving point), taking any form along
the way.

12. • As an art element, line pertains to the use
of various marks, outlines and implied
lines in artwork and design, most often
used to define shape in two-dimensional
work.

13. • Implied line is the path that the viewer's
eye takes as it follows shapes, colors, and
form along a path, but may not be
continuous or physically connected, such
as the line created by a dancer's arms,
torso, and legs when performing an
arabesque.

14. • End of part 002