What does making a shape with outline show?

Shape through boundary

An outline is a visible line that marks the outer boundary of a form. It separates the shape from the surrounding space and helps the viewer recognise its size, contour, and basic structure. Even when no colour or shading is added, a closed outline can make a shape clearly identifiable. Thus, outline and shape are connected because the outline communicates where the shape begins and ends.

Option A is correct because it describes a shape being represented through its boundary. The other choices refer to unrelated qualities: an outline does not mainly show sound, the age of paper, or the smell of colour. In a drawing, the outline may be dark, light, thick, thin, smooth, or broken, depending on the artist’s intention. Its essential function in this question is to define the limit and form of the shape.

This is a Class 9 Art Education question. Chapter: Elements of Art. Topic: Shape.