value & contrast the element of art the refers to darkness and light. value
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Value & Contrast
The element of art the refers to darkness and light.
Value
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Contrast
The principle of design concerned with opposing differences in elements.
A dark value contrasts with a light value.
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Value can be applied to color as well as achromatic images.
Achromatic – without chroma (the amount of color or brightness). Achromatic value deals only with black, white and the range of grays between them.
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Value and contrast work together.
Variations in value provide the contrastneeded to distinguish objects against a background.
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Strong contrasts in value suggest planes at various angles.
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Subtle contrasts in value can indicate convex or concave surfaces.
This adds dimension to forms.
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Leonardo de Vinci's "Mona Lisa", like most paintings, is structured on value and decorated with color.