An example of a typical user and the actions they take. Typically these are written in the form of a story.
A printing term that describes how close an object is to the edge of a printed page. Bleeds are often used in graphic design for books, magazines, posters and other printed materials with photographs or illustrations.
A type of user interface design carefully crafted to trick people into doing things they might not want to do.
A print that the printer receives to monitor the progress of production. Proofing is a matter of looking at the print to ensure that it has been printed correctly and that the colours are rendered accurately.
Designs that are created in one colour. It can be any colour, but the whole design will range from light to darker shades. As the name implies, it is typically a single hue, with black and white also being typical combinations for this type of design.
A psychological phenomenon that states that people tend to remember unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks.
A generic term for adding colour to an image. A tint can be applied by darkening a colour to create different shades or lightening the saturation, creating a washed-out look.
A field of study that aims to understand the user experience of a product or service. Conducting UX research includes interviewing, observing, and surveying users. Understanding the user experience is important because it helps designers understand how to design a better product that will be more appealing and usable for people.
The designation of a set of character encoding styles for glyphs that are not capital letters.
A UX design technique in which you divide your users into groups, show them cards with different names for unrelated objects and ask them to categorise them.
Red, green, and blue. These colours can be used to form a wide variety of colours in different devices such as computer monitors and televisions.