Visual Design Principles

UI/UX Design

User interface (UI) is the visual or graphic elements a user interacts with in a platform. UI design is the process of creating the visual interfaces for a software application. User experience (UX) refers to the overall experience of a person using a product or service. Especially in terms of how simplistic and pleasing it is to use. UX design is the process of creating the experiences or the interactions that a user has with a product....

Visual Design Principles

Visual design principles are how the design elements like lines, shapes, color grids, etc. come together to create well-rounded and thoughtful visuals. The Interface Design takes advantage of these principles and drive engagement and increase usability....

Contrast

Contrast is a visual design principle where we try and differentiate one or more elements/visuals from others by differentiating them by help of colors, fonts, typography, repetition, alignment, or anything else. The idea is to make a particular element or visual to stand out to the users. In design terms – The visual design principle of contrast refers to the juxtaposition of two visually different elements. Contrast is when you notice the difference between two objects in the user interface and that difference emphasizes that they are different. This distinction might mean that they belong to different categories or have different functions or behave differently etc....

How to create Contrast

Here is a three step process to create color contrast:...

Importance of Color Contrast in UI/UX design

Color Contrast is very important part of a good user interface. There are a few points that emphasize on how important color contrast is for UI/UX design:...

Conclusion

So these are the ways in which contrast helps us create a better user interface and help set a hierarchy for content and visuals in our website. Contrast is a very useful visual design principle every UI/UX designer should get his/her hands dirty on. We hope that you got to know the importance of color contrast in UI/UX design and this article improved your understanding of color contrast....