<u>M</u><em>atisse was afraid to risk using wild colors in his work is false.</em>
<em>False</em>
<u>Explanation:</u>
<em>Henri Émile Benoît Matisse</em> was a French craftsman, known for the two his utilization of shading and his <em>liquid and unique draftsmanship. </em>
He was a <em>designer, printmaker, and stone carver,</em> yet is referred to principally as a painter. Matisse was not afraid to risk using wild colors in his work. <em>Hence it is false that he was afraid.</em>
The 7 principles of art and design are balance, rhythm, pattern, emphasis, contrast, unity and movement. Use the elements of art and design – line, shape/form, space, value, colour and texture – to create a composition as a whole. The elements of art and design are the tools of visual artists.