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Aerial perspective
A depth treatment that makes distant forms paler, cooler, and less distinct.
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Formal Visual Design
Covers formal elements that construct an image, including line, shape, color, value, texture, space, composition, viewpoint, and lighting.
Line QualitiesShape, Form & VolumeColor, Palette & HarmonyValue, Tone & ContrastDepicted Material Appearance & TactilitySpace, Depth, Scale & ProportionComposition, Balance & Visual HierarchyFraming, Cropping & Shot ScaleViewpoint, Angle & Viewing DirectionPerspective, Projection & Spatial ConstructionLighting, Shadow & LuminosityPattern, Ornament, Motif & RepetitionMotion, Speed & Temporal Visual EffectsDetail Density & Visual Complexity
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Afterimage
An effect in which color or form remains visible behind motion.
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Analogous colors
A palette that uses hues close together on the color wheel.
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Asymmetrical composition
A composition that balances off-center elements through visual weight.
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Broken line
Linework placed with intentional gaps rather than continuous strokes.
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Centered composition
A composition that places the main subject on the image's central axis for focus and stability.
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Chiaroscuro
Lighting that uses strong light-dark contrast to create volume and focus.
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Claylike appearance
A matte, slightly irregular surface appearance suggestive of soft, shapeable clay.
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Complementary colors
A palette that sets hues opposite on the color wheel against each other.
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Cool palette
A palette centered on hues perceived as cool, such as blue, green, and violet.
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Cropped framing
Framing that deliberately cuts a subject at the image edge to select what is seen.
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Deep space
Image space with substantial, layered distance from foreground to background.
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Diagonal composition
A composition that guides the eye and a sense of movement along a diagonal axis across the frame.
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Extreme close-up
A very tight framing that enlarges a small part of a subject so minute form or texture becomes the subject.
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Flat space
Image space that suppresses recession and presents shapes and color fields close to the picture plane.
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Floral pattern
An ornamental pattern built by repeating flower or leaf forms.
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Frame within a frame
A composition that encloses a subject with an element inside the image, such as a window, doorway, branch, or arch.
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