Web Design Vocabulary

Web Design Vocabulary

By:Stephanie Farias

Period: 5th

1. consistency- to have uniformity from page to page

2. repetition- the process of repeating elements throughout a web site.

3. grid- a compound design tool that divides a page into rows and columns in order to help the Webmaster structure the layout of the page

4. Alignment- the content of a page has the same alignment

5. Active white space- blank area on a Web page that are placed on purpose

6. Passive white space- the blank areas on a Web page that are a result of incomplete or mismatched shapes.

7. proximity- to how close one element is to another

Print-based layout method- the way which takes into account that people are already accustomed to viewing content in printed material in a certain way

Screen-based layout method- the second method of guiding the eye

Color wheel- an ordered progression of hues (or colors) that helps a designer easily understand and select color combinations.

Primary hues- red, green and blue (RGB)

Secondary hues- cyan, magenta, and yellow

Tertiary hues- red-yellow (orange), green-yellow, green-cyan, blue-cyan, blue-magenta (violet) and red-magenta

Value- color’s lightening or darkness

Tint- lightening of hue

Shade- darkening a hue

Warm colors- hues that contain red

Cool colors- contains blue

Complementary colors- colors located opposite from each other on the color wheel

Split-complementary colors- an uneven triangle on the color wheel

Triad colors- three colors on the color wheel that have an equal amount of distance between each one

Analogous colors- three colors on the color wheel that are side by side

Typography- the act or art of expressing an idea by utilizing type faces or symbol

Bit- the smallest unit of information that a computer understands

Compression- reduce the file size by compressing the information in the file.

Clip art- ready- made art that is available to use without having to edit it in any graphics applications

Index color- the colors that are available in a GIF file

Raster- an image that is made up of pixels

Icon- Small symbolic graphic

JPEG- File format used for images; also known as Joint Photographic Experts Group

GIF- File format used for images; also known as Graphic Interchange Format

File Form- The arrangement in which data is saved in order to display it in a certain way

Vector- Uses coordinates to define the shape of a graphic based on a mathematical formula