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The Digital Moment of Truth - Feeding The Beast: Color Usage

Posted on 04.25.12 by admin

Feeding the Beast – Color Usage 
Identify the brand colors of the company, product, etc. Colors are usually designed to work well together and live in harmony within compositions.

Colors
Use gradients to create a sense of space around products. Adding depth to the content will make the product/message pop from the background. The focus should be on the product or message, not the background.

Backgrounds
It can be difficult to read certain messages when there is little contrast between the background and the message. There must be a significant difference between the Hue and Saturation of the message compared to the background.

Contrast

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