Clashing colors demand attention, with rooms that include them often seen as bold and challenging. On the color wheel, colors that sit opposite each other are considered contrasting, and therefore, in ...

Color contrast refers to the difference between the brightness of the background color and foreground color of digital content. It’s crucial in design, art and visual communication as it affects ...

(Color, Contrast & Dimension in News Design, written and researched by Pegie Stark Adam, a Poynter affiliate in the Visual Journalism area, and designed and produced by Anne Conneen, design editor at ...

Color plays an important part in a design. Colors evoke emotions, feelings, and ideas. Colors can also help strengthen a brand’s message and perception. Yet the power of colors is lost when a user can ...

Jerry Cao is a UX content strategist at UXPin — the wireframing and prototyping app. To learn more about how to create visually digestible interfaces, download the free e-book Web UI Design for the ...

Because color is incredibly subjective, personal and situational, it is difficult to study scientifically. There is no conclusive evidence to fully support one color’s beneficial effects on the human ...

When it comes to wall color, Greige still is all the rage. But stepping up to the paint palette this year are more bold, dramatic colors such as deep navy blues, charcoals, purples and even fuchsia ...

Web design is fundamentally about visual communication. The most effective designers can keep their viewers’ attention long enough to communicate a message. Companies have been making a big change ...

Color contrast refers to the difference between the brightness of the background color and foreground color of digital content. Black text on a white background is very high contrast; light grey text ...