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The blue area is called the glazing which can be glass, acrylic (Plexiglas), or
styrene and would measure 11" X 14".
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The yellow represents a mat which should overlap the photo (the black area),
at least 1/8" to prevent the photo or artwork from "popping" out from behind the
mat (I use 1/8", this example is showing 1/4" overlap). This
mat would be considered an 11" X 14" mat with an 8" X 10" opening. The
overlap can be any dimension if there is something along the edges you want to
cover, (such as a white border), or if you want to concentrate on the center
of the picture.
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The black is the photo or artwork to be framed, and in this case is 8" X 10".
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The red area represents the backing board,
which the mat and and photo is attached to, and also measures 11" X 14"
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The outside square brown area is the moulding and can be any width, but is still
considered an 11" X 14" frame.
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The 10 1/2" X 13 1/2" is called the viewing
area. Notice that the glazing, mat and backing board are all cut
to 11" X 14". The outside dimension of the frame could be
anything, depending on the width of the framing moulding and has nothing
to do with measuring the size of the frame.
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Putting this all together, this is considered to be an 11" X 14" frame and mat, with
a mat opening of 8" X 10".
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Standard size frames: |
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| 3 1/2" X 5" |
4" X 6" |
5" X 7" |
7" X 9" |
8" X 10" |
| 8 1/2" X 11" |
9" X 12" |
10" X 13" |
11" X 14" |
12" X 16" |
| 14" X 18" |
16" X 20" |
18" X 24" |
20" X 24" |
20" X 26" |
| 22" X 28" |
24" X 30" |
24" X 36" |
26" X 36" |
32" X 40" |
