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Tweaking color value to add contrast
From the course: Design Aesthetics for the Web
Tweaking color value to add contrast
- [Instructor] The second of the eight elements of design is value, which refers to the relative lightness or darkness of a color within a composition. As with color, the values of colors you choose can also help to convey emotion and meaning, as well as add contrast to define areas of interest in your designs. For our purposes then, the definition of value is the degree of lightness or darkness in a given color. Referring again to the color wheel, we can see that pure colors in that wider center ring and the values of each color range inward and outward from light to dark. In other words, when we take a pure color and add white, we get a tint. When we take a pure color and add gray, we get a tone, and when we take a pure color and add black, we get a shade. Some colors make us instantly have positive or negative associations, or even particular emotions. For example, pastel colors might make us happy, seem more feminine or evoke thoughts of spring or Easter, or babies. Muted colors…
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Understanding the elements of design1m 47s
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Using color to set the site’s mood5m 50s
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Tweaking color value to add contrast3m 30s
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Using texture to add depth4m 53s
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Repeating shapes to unify your design2m 43s
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Structuring your layout with form3m 50s
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Using space to organize your design4m 38s
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Setting boundaries with lines4m 35s
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Communicating with the right fonts3m 57s
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Challenge: Working with color48s
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Solution: Working with color1m 17s
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