Vocabulary

Work  Ethic- traits that describe the way in which one works.

Employability- the ability to attract and connect with people using social skills.


Target Audience- the selected group of people that you focus on to review your design.


Message- the idea you portray in your design.



20/20 rule- it's when you can only be on the computer for 20 minutes before you need to take a 20 second break to rest your eyes.

Right to Know- employers are required to let all their works know the safety hazards and dangers of the work place.


Icon- image representing something specifically and exact.


Symbol- abstract representation of an object.


Vector-Based Graph- based on mathematical formulas that allow the picture to keep the same resolution regardless of the size.


Dialog Box- a message window that notifies questions and selections.


Palette- place where all colors are located to use on your design.


Guidelines- lines that guide the work or sketch; the backbone of each design.


File Extensions- .ai, .jpeg, etc. that represents the type of file you are saving as.


Art Board: Working area.

Scratch area: Area around the art board.


Tool box: Box of tools.


Anchor points: Make paths that will eventually turn into an object.


Path: Two connecting points.


Direction Handles: Help copy a shape by stretching points


Close a path: Closing two or more points. 
  
Contextual Menu: The menu that pops up when you right click your mouse. With a single button mouse you have to hold control and click for the menu to come up. 

Clipping mask: A clipping mask is an object that makes a shape so they can go on a picture. This mask makes the areas within the shape only visible. 

Hue: A hue is basically the root of a color. For example, red is the root color or hue of burgundy 

Primary Colors: Red, yellow, blue, These colors can be mixed to make secondary colors. 

Secondary colors: Green, Orange, Purple. Colors mixed from primary colors.  

Tertiary Colors: Colors mixed with one primary and one secondary color. 

Neutral colors: These colors are basically earth colors. Black, brown, white, grey and tan. 

Color Schemes: An arrangement of colors in order.  

Complementary: These are colors that when they are mixed together, they cancel each other out. 

Analogous: These colors are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. On one side there is a dominant color, and on the other is a complementary. 

Triadic: This is a color scheme that is evenly spaced around the color wheel. 

Monochromatic: These are all the colors such as tints, shades, and tones on a hue.

Cool Colors: Blue, Green and violent are cool colors. 

Warm Colors: Red, yellow, and orange are considered warm colors. 

Subtractive Primary Colors: These are colors associated with reflected light. Blue, red, and yellow. 

 Additive Primary Colors: Are the primary color elements that make up white light. You add these colors together to make white. 

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