Web Design Vocabulary

Web Desgin Vocabulary

Jazmin Figueroa

Active White Space- Blank area on a Web page that is placed on purpose.

Alignment- The contents of a page share the same alignment.

Consistency- To have uniformity from page to page. 

Grid- A conceptual design tool that divides a page into rows and columns in order to help the Webmaster structure the layout of a page.

Passive White Space- Blank areas on a Web page that are a result of incomplete or mismatched shapes.

Proximity- Refers to how close one element is to another.

Repetition- The process of repeating elements throughout a Web site.

Print-based layout method- A layout that guides the eye starting from the top left coner of the page in a zigzagging pattern from left to right.

Screen-based layout method- A layout that guides the eye starting from the top left corner of the page in an effective sweeting mothion.

Analogous Colors-Three colors on the wheel that are side by side.

Bit-Is the smallest unit of information that a computer understandes.

Color Wheel-The color wheel is an ordered progression of hues or colors that help a designer easily understand and select color combinations.

Complementary Colors-Are colors that are located opposite from each other on the color wheel.

Cool Colors-Contain the color blue.

Primary Hues-The additive color wheel are red, green, and blue (RGB).

Secondary Hues-Are cyan, magenta, and yellow.

Shade-Darkening a hue.

Split-Complementary Colors- From an uneven triangle on the color wheel.

Tertiary Hues-Are red-yellow(orange), green-yellow, green-cyan, blue-cyan, blue-magenta (violet), and red-magneta.

Tint-In simplifed terms, lightening a hue.

Triad Colors- Three colors wheel that have an equal amount of distance between each one.

Typography- Is the act or art of expressing an idea by utilizing type faces or symbols.

Value-Referring to its lightness or darkness.

Warm Colors-Hues that contaon red are considered warm colors.