Hands-On UX Design for Developers

Contrast

Contrast is an important element of the design principle because we can draw out more important elements of the design and add emphasis to it using it.

Contrast often happens when we are dealing with two opposite elements in design; for example, when we are dealing with colors, contrast can happen between black and white. When we are dealing with shapes or typography, the contrast here is thick and thin.

The main reason why we use contrast in our visual design process is for grabbing the user's attention and creating a focus on a specific area of the design element that the user is looking at.

Contrast can be created on different elements of visual design, for example, using texture, typography, shapes, or colors, or even by combining ...