A psychological principle which predicts that when multiple homogeneous stimuli are presented, the stimulus which differs from the rest is most likely to be remembered. In other words, people tend to remember items in isolation more than those of a similar nature or objects in clusters. This phenomenon has been applied in designing websites and software with various levels of success.
A way of expressing colours on digital media. To specify a hex code, you need to consider the three primary colours: red, green and blue. The hex code is always six characters long and looks like this: #RRGGBB and their values range from 00 to FF.
The art of drawing original characters and symbols — especially for decorative purposes.
A measure of the height of a set of text on an element.
A collage consisting of images, colours and text that is assembled to convey an idea or theme.
An example of a typical user and the actions they take. Typically these are written in the form of a story.
The Pantone Matching System is a colour-matching system for printing inks. It is a proprietary colour-matching system that was developed so that when an artist picks PMS colour or swatch, they can be confident in knowing what colours would be produced no matter the application.
A well-known UI element in computer applications. It's an expandable menu of context-specific commands typically launched from the application's main menu.
The design of the interaction between users and products. Interaction design is focused on creating products that enable the user to achieve their objective(s) in the best way possible.
A statistical method in which two variants of the same activity are compared against each other (typically with several variants), one at a time, and the most effective variant is selected.
The intensity of a color relative to its own brightness. Colours are said to be saturated when they have a strong hue and high intensity.