glossary


 * Line || An element of design; the linear mark upon a page or canvas. ||
 * Colour || An element of design; also known as hue, it is the colour of a feature ||
 * Shape || An element of design; a self-contained area or form. Can be a polygon such as a square or abstract. ||
 * Direction || An element of design; left, right, up, down, oblique. The way something appears to be traveling ||
 * Size || An element of design; how large or small something appears to be ||
 * Texture || An element of design; how something feels or appears to feel. A cloth texture appears to be cloth, causing it to be interpreted by the brain as feeling like cloth ||
 * Value || An element of design; the 'shade' of a feature eg. dark blue vs. light blue. Similar to colour. ||
 * Balance || A principle of design; similar to balance in physics, the weighing of one object with another. ||
 * Gradation || A principle of design; gradation of size and direction to produce linear perspective ||