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What is VALUE?- An element of art, value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color. Value becomes critical in a work which has no colors other than black, white, and a gray scale. For a great example
of value in action, think of a black and white photograph. You can easily visualize how the infinite variations of gray suggest planes and textures.
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Value means light and dark.
Sometimes referred to by the Italian word “chiaroscuro” (literally “light/dark”).
Value is often described visually by a scale with varying shades
of gray arranged between black and white.
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But remember that colors have values also—what would you call a light value of red?
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The 2-D artist must learn to “fake it” to create theIllusion of three dimensionality.
A circle is rendered into a ball by using smooth, TRANSITIONAL values, gently moving from
dark to light
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A box needs ABRUPT value changes to show that the light is different around its corners, top, and the
side facing the viewer.
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Generally, lighter values appear to be “closer” to the viewer, and darker values tend to
“recede” from the viewer.
Highlights seemTo pop out
ShadowsMelt and RecedeFartheraway
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In Summary:All of these characteristics of value help
YOU, the artist, create illusions of space in two-dimensional works of art.