The Art Of Colors
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The document provides an overview of color theory concepts relevant for user interface designers, including the additive and subtractive color systems, color wheel terminology like hue and saturation, color relationships like analogous and complementary, and tips for using color effectively in user interfaces. Some key points are ensuring text readability through sufficient color contrast, avoiding contrasts that cause eye fatigue, and using color consistently to establish conventions and enhance the user experience.
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The Art Of Colors
- 1. The Art of Colors A few tips for user interface designers by elisa giaccardi [email_address]
- 2. Let’s warm up !
- 3. Let’s start with some basics
- 4. There are two color systems
- 5. Additive Subtractive red + green + blue = white magenta + yellow + cyan = black
- 6. UI designers use the additive system
- 7. What is this jargon ? hue brilliance saturation
- 8. Hue name and properties of a color that enables it to be perceived
- 9. Brilliance how light or dark a color is
- 10. Saturation the level and mixture of white , black , grey or complimentary included in colors
- 11. What are these ? primary secondary tertiary colors
- 12. Learn the color wheel
- 13. Another way to visualize
- 14. Another way to visualize
- 15. Primary colors
- 16. Secondary colors
- 17. Tertiary colors
- 18. Analogous colors
- 19. Opposite colors are complementary
- 20. Combinations of opposite or analogous colors are harmonic
- 21. Now you know the jargon too!
- 22. Wasn’t it additive ?
- 23. Web color wheel
- 24. Do colors have personality ?
- 26. © Edward Burtynsky What about this orange ?
- 27. © Philip-Lorca diCorcia How about this yellow ?
- 28. © Cindy Sherman And what about this green ?
- 29. It’s about relationships
- 33. It’s a matter of contrast
- 38. It’s about balance
- 41. Think with your eyes !
- 42. Color palette tips & tools
- 43. Strive for harmony
- 44. Be mindful of contrast effects
- 45. Understand color dominance
- 47. Rules of thumb for UI designers
- 48. Ensure text readability through contrast Avoid the use of textures and pattern for backgrounds behind texts Avoid contrasts that cause eye fatigue Avoid color combinations that cause illusions when positioned together
- 49. Enhance user experience Establish conventions and use color consistently Use color both to support users’ tasks and for branding Use color to enhance aesthetic appeal and user satisfaction
- 50. Use color for identification, grouping, and emphasis Relate visual elements Demarcate different areas Highlight important task-related information
- 51. Use color associations in expressing state information Be consistent with job-related color associations Learn about cultural color associations
- 52. Indicate availability using color or value For links For controls For icons For windows
- 53. Some good readings
- 54. Itten, Johannes The Art of Color New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1974 Pabini, Gabriel-Petit Color Theory for Digital Displays http://www.uxmatters.com/ Pabini, Gabriel-Petit Applying Color Theory to Digital Displays http://www.uxmatters.com/