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Monochromatic Color Schemes

The monochromatic color scheme uses variations in lightness and saturation of a single color. This scheme tend to look clean, elegant while producing a soothing effect.

Analogous Color Schemes

The analogous color scheme uses colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. One color is set as the dominant color, the other add richness. The downside again is that there can sometimes be a lack of contrast.

So to sum up, things to think about when using value in your designs.

1. Value occurs in every design. Just by placing an element on a page, value is created. Have you chosen the values or is it an accident?

2. If you want to achieve contrast, are the values of each element different enough?

3. Are the values you’re choosing eye-catching? Do they help move the viewer’s eye through the design.

4. Have you created the right mood with the values you’ve picked. Should the design be subtle or in your face?

So to sum up, things to think about when using value in your designs.

1. Value occurs in every design. Just by placing an element on a page, value is created. Have you chosen the values or is it an accident?

2. If you want to achieve contrast, are the values of each element different enough?

3. Are the values you’re choosing eye-catching? Do they help move the viewer’s eye through the design.

4. Have you created the right mood with the values you’ve picked. Should the design be subtle or in your face?

First Ajax Steps with jQuery

One of the most obvious client side features of any
Javascript client library is the ability to make AJAX calls to the server.
jQuery includes a host of Ajax functions that make it easy to retrieve content
from a Url starting with the low level and do-everything $.ajax() function
 plus a number of others that are simpler
and more focused to specific tasks. Here’s a list of some of the functions
available:

Things to think about when adding contrast to your designs

1. How are you creating contrast? Is it through texture, typography, color, or shape?

2. If you want to achieve contrast through typography, which fonts are you using? Are they very different, or just a little bit different? Be bold with your font choices but remember to make sure the text is legible.

3. Is contrast strengthening your design idea?

Guidelines For Using Lines

1. Think about what kind of line you will use. Thick, thin, wavy, dotted, dashed, hand-drawn. Each type of line can convey a different feeling.

2. What’s the purpose of the line? Is it to join related content or to separate unrelated content? Is it to add a border around an image?

3. If you’re using a grid, are your lines helping to reinforce the grid, or are they breaking out of the grid? Either can be good, as long as you know what the lines are supposed to be doing and you’re making a conscious decision about it.

4. Think about multiple lines to create texture. A repeating thin hairline can be used as a background texture, as can an elaborate hand-drawn pattern of lines.

5. Don’t just put lines in for the sake of it. As with any design element, if you don’t need it take it away.

Guidelines For Using Shapes

1. Think about what is the most appropriate way for you to use a shape. Is it a photograph, illustration, block of color or a block of text? Remember, less is more, don’t drag you viewers eyes all over the place by using too many shapes.

2. If you have a large block of body text, will the design benefit if you break it up using shapes? It can be tiring for a reader to read long sentences that run the whole way across a web or printed page. Use columns if it’s appropriate.

3. Are the shapes you’re using leading the viewers eye to the right places?

4. Don’t add shapes purely for decorations purposes. They are a powerful tool in communicating a message.