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Advanced Colors

Easy · 5×5 · 5 words
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  1. 1. A delicate pinkish red color
  2. 3. A pale sandy yellowish brown color

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  1. 1. A deep red color
  2. 2. A dark blue green color
  3. 4. A deep dark color used for writing

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art and artists

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  1. 1. Mural technique painted directly on wet lime plaster
  2. 4. Surrealist famous for melting timepieces and a waxed mustache
  3. 5. Incise a hard surface like copper or wood using a sharp burin
  4. 7. Spanish co-founder of Cubism who created 'Guernica'
  5. 11. Sheet with cut-out designs through which spray or ink is passed

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  1. 2. Earthy substance molded on a potter's wheel
  2. 3. Lighter version of a color created by adding white
  3. 4. Impressionist known for capturing Parisian ballerinas and racehorses
  4. 5. Use acid to bite lines into a metal printing plate
  5. 6. French sculptor behind 'The Thinker' and 'The Kiss'
  6. 7. Dry drawing stick made of pure powdered pigment and binder
  7. 8. Sturdy woven textile stretched over a wooden support
  8. 9. Upright wooden tripod holding a working canvas
  9. 10. Aspect of color determined by dominant wavelength

artes

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  1. 1. Soft earth material used to make pottery
  2. 2. Shiny coating applied to pottery
  3. 3. Border that surrounds a picture or mirror

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  1. 1. Property of light that makes things look different hues

design

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  1. 1. The bottom or foundation of an object
  2. 4. One of several sheets or levels of material
  3. 5. A specific shade or tint of a color

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  1. 2. A particular manner or way of doing something
  2. 3. A framework of spaced bars or lines

Architecture

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  1. 3. The ornamental principal front facing the street
  2. 8. Round building or hall covered by a majestic dome
  3. 9. Broad triangular gable typical of classical Greek temples
  4. 12. Steeply pointed pyramidal structure topping a steeple
  5. 13. Horizontal header spanning the gap between two posts
  6. 14. Hemispherical ceiling crowning a grand rotunda

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  1. 1. Sturdy upright support holding up a bridge or arch
  2. 2. External masonry reinforcement built against a wall to counteract outward push
  3. 4. Covered walkway formed by a continuous succession of arches
  4. 5. Projecting roof edge that directs rainwater away
  5. 6. Projecting beam or slab anchored at only one end
  6. 7. Style characterized by raw exposed concrete and monumental forms
  7. 10. Semicircular recess typically found at a chapel's east end
  8. 11. Triangular section of a wall beneath the pitch of a roof

CIVIL ENGINEERING

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  1. 4. A tall machine used for lifting heavy materials

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  1. 1. A curved structure that supports weight over an opening
  2. 2. The slope or inclination of a road or land
  3. 3. A long structural piece used to support a ceiling or floor

christoper nolan

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  1. 3. Thermodynamic arrow reversed by radiation to run objects backward
  2. 5. Gotham patrolman whose legal first name is revealed as Robin
  3. 7. Palindrome title of Nolan's temporal espionage thriller
  4. 9. Supermassive black hole surrounded by a luminous accretion disk
  5. 10. Supernatural label Cooper's daughter initially gives to fifth-dimension signs
  6. 13. Serbian-American inventor played by David Bowie in The Prestige
  7. 14. Breakthrough noir told backwards via Polaroid photos and body ink

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  1. 1. Tragic district attorney who transformed into Two-Face
  2. 2. Dominick who specializes in psychological corporate espionage
  3. 4. Final stage of an illusion where the vanished object returns
  4. 6. Old-school methodology favoring practical physical effects over CGI
  5. 8. Monolithic ex-military robot with adjustable humor and honesty levels
  6. 11. The ticking motif omnipresent in Nolan's non-linear narratives
  7. 12. Masked revolutionary who broke the Caped Crusader's back

Classical Music

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  1. 3. A musical performance by a single person.
  2. 5. Refers to music composed in the twentieth century and beyond.
  3. 6. A famous German composer of the Baroque era.

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  1. 1. A brass instrument often used in orchestral fanfares.
  2. 2. The speed at which a piece of music is played.
  3. 4. A dramatic work set to music for singers and orchestra.

Classical Music

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  1. 1. Musical pause that gives weary performers a little breather?
  2. 4. Solo delivery that leaves the audience totally breathless?
  3. 6. Stick that points out everyone's mistakes without saying a single word?
  4. 7. Musical staircase that singers climb without ever breaking a sweat?
  5. 9. Grand multi-movement work that puts the entire brass, woodwind, and string sections to work?
  6. 12. Strings attached to someone who prefers to sit down on the job?
  7. 13. Stick around just to pull some strings?
  8. 14. Pacing issue that conductors take very personally?
  9. 15. Musical tail that always wags at the very end?

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  1. 2. Performance by someone who refused to share the spotlight?
  2. 3. Mid-sized string instrument that never quite made the first-chair headlines?
  3. 5. Distinguished title for someone who knows how to hold an ensemble together?
  4. 8. Showdown between one virtuosic hotshot and an entire backing band?
  5. 10. Speedy command that makes notes vanish in the blink of an eye?
  6. 11. Striking combination of notes that really know how to harmonize?

Art and Artists

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  1. 6. Technique where paint is applied thickly enough to show brushmarks
  2. 7. Earthy malleable compound baked in kilns
  3. 8. Quality of color produced by adding gray
  4. 10. Hand tool tapped with a mallet to carve marble
  5. 14. French master who captured pastel ballerinas in motion
  6. 15. Three-legged studio stand
  7. 16. Mexican painter celebrated for deeply symbolic self-portraits

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  1. 1. Picture assembled from tiny shards of colored glass or stone
  2. 2. Medium popular with Renaissance masters that dries very slowly
  3. 3. Pigment stick bound with gum offering soft chalky texture
  4. 4. Impressionist famous for water lilies and haystacks
  5. 5. Use acid to bite lines into a metal printing plate
  6. 9. Spanish co-founder of Cubism who painted Guernica
  7. 11. Glossy protective glaze fused onto metal or ceramic
  8. 12. Darkened variant of a hue created by blending in black
  9. 13. Property that distinguishes crimson from azure
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