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Review: Choose Colors, Show Front and Back, and Use Map Symbols

A clear picture can follow constraints without expensive supplies. Use named colors, opposing light-dark values, overlap boundaries and an explicit symbol key to make an original design readable.

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Unit review questions
1. A paper design brief allows only the named colors orange and black; color words may stand for coloring materials. Which plan follows it?
Need a hint?
  • A palette is a selected set of colors.
  • A brief’s palette is a chosen rule for this task.
2. The supplied picture brief assigns white a light value and requires a value distinction for its main mark. Which plan follows the stated value model?
Need a hint?
  • Value describes how light or dark a region is.
  • Color names alone do not establish a measured contrast ratio.
3. A drawing must make bird appear in front of branch. Which boundary instruction creates that overlap cue?
Need a hint?
  • A complete foreground boundary can cover a portion of a farther shape.
  • Drawing every boundary through the same crossing can remove the intended cue.
4. An original map key states: wave means river. The picture uses that symbol once. Which label follows the supplied key?
Need a hint?
  • A symbol’s meaning can be chosen by its maker.
  • A symbol does not have the same meaning in every culture, map or artwork.

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Complete these four parts. Answer each question, then make a separate drawing or written plan. Check each piece of work with the points given. 1. A paper design brief allows only the named colors red and gray; color words may stand for coloring materials. Which plan follows it? Supplied candidates: (A) Add a third color for every shape (B) Ignore the palette because art has no constraints (C) Use only a color not on the list (D) Use red circles and gray background. For your separate work, design a small paper scene using only the labels blue and yellow for every region. Criteria: Every region uses an allowed color label; no third color is introduced. 2. The supplied picture brief assigns very pale yellow a light value and requires a value distinction for its main mark. Which plan follows the stated value model? Supplied candidates: (A) Rely only on an unspecified hue difference (B) Remove the mark entirely (C) dark main mark on the stated light background (D) light main mark on the same light background. For your separate work, draw two labeled sign plans, one light mark on dark ground and one dark mark on light ground. Criteria: Each plan has opposing stated values and a clearly identified main mark. 3. A drawing must make shoe appear in front of path. Which boundary instruction creates that overlap cue? Supplied candidates: (A) Draw both boundaries through each other without interruption (B) Keep path outline complete; interrupt shoe (C) Keep shoe outline complete; interrupt path outline behind it (D) Use only a caption and remove both shapes. For your separate work, draw a leaf in front of a stem and mark where the stem outline becomes hidden. Criteria: The leaf’s boundary remains readable and the stem is interrupted only behind it. 4. An original map key states: diamond means help desk. The picture uses that symbol once. Which label follows the supplied key? Supplied candidates: (A) animal home (B) bus stop (C) help desk (D) sports field. For your separate work, make a three-symbol map key for water, meeting and quiet spots, then use each symbol once on a small map. Criteria: All three meanings are explicitly paired with distinct symbols, and the map uses them consistently.

Work on paper or in your own document. Explain the choices you made.

  • Answer all four questions and explain what in each description helped you choose.
  • Make each of the four drawings or written plans.
  • Use the checklist for each piece of work, then show one change that improves it.
  • Describe your color choices, light-dark labels, overlap and map key.
Compare with a model response

1. Use red circles and gray background. The plan uses both allowed color names and no third color. A limited palette is a chosen design constraint, not a rule that other palettes are wrong. Written labels can satisfy this exercise without any purchased supplies. Check the separate work: Every region uses an allowed color label; no third color is introduced. 2. dark main mark on the stated light background. The background is explicitly assigned light value in this exercise. A dark main mark creates the requested light-dark distinction. The assigned value model supports this plan; color names alone do not measure actual displayed contrast or establish full accessibility. Check the separate work: Each plan has opposing stated values and a clearly identified main mark. 3. Keep shoe outline complete; interrupt path outline behind it. The foreground shape’s complete boundary covers part of the farther boundary. Interrupting path at that location supplies a depth cue, while reversing the interruption suggests the opposite order. Check the separate work: The leaf’s boundary remains readable and the stem is interrupted only behind it. 4. help desk. The key explicitly connects diamond with help desk, so that label is supported in this particular map. Symbols do not carry one universal meaning everywhere; a clear key helps an audience interpret the maker’s chosen convention. Check the separate work: All three meanings are explicitly paired with distinct symbols, and the map uses them consistently.

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