Interior Design Principles Flashcards

A triadic color scheme uses:

Answer: Three hues evenly spaced on the wheel

A triadic scheme draws from three colors evenly positioned around the wheel.

Task lighting is specifically intended to:

Answer: Illuminate a specific activity area

Task lighting targets areas where focused activities like reading occur.

Scale in interior design specifically describes the size of an object relative to:

Answer: Human beings and the surrounding space

Scale compares an object's size to people and the space around it.

Proportion differs from scale in that proportion concerns:

Answer: The relationship of parts within a single object

Proportion addresses how parts of an object relate to one another and the whole.

Accent lighting is chiefly used to:

Answer: Highlight a focal feature such as art

Accent lighting draws attention to specific features like artwork or architecture.

A space designed with variety but no unifying thread typically suffers from a lack of:

Answer: Harmony

Without a unifying element, variety becomes chaotic and harmony is lost.

The principle of movement in a room guides the viewer's eye by:

Answer: Arranging elements to create a visual path

Movement organizes elements so the eye travels along an intended path.