Web Design Vocabulary

Web Desing Vocaubulary 

Active white space -Blank area on a Web page that is placed on purpose. 

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

Consostency -To have uniformity from page to page. 

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

Passive white spcae -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 corner of the page in a zigzagging pattern from left to right.

Screem-based layout method -A layout that guides the eye starting from the top left cornener of the page in an effective sweeping motion. 

Lesson 13 Color And Typography 

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

Bit -The smallest unit of information that a computer understands. 

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

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

Cool colors -Colors that contain blue. 

Primary hues -Red, green, and blue. 

Secondary hues -Cyan,magenta, and yellow.

Shade -Adding black to a hur and darkening it. 

Slip-complementary colors -Colors that form a traid on the color wheel. 

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

Tint -Adding white to a hue and lightening it. 

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

Typography -The act or art of expressing by utilizing types or symbols. 

Value -The defenition portion of a value. Each attribute has a value that specifies something about an HTML tag. 

Warm colors -Colors that contain red. 

Web safe colors -Colors that are consistent on all computer monitors--across all browsers. 

Lesson 14 Web Graphics 

Clip art -Ready-madeart that is available to use without having to edit it in any graphics applications. 

Compression -Reduces the file size by compressing the information and devices. 

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

GIF -File format used for images. 

Icon -Small symbolic graphic. 

Index color -The colors that are available in a GIF file. 

JPEG -File format used for images. 

Raster -A raster graphic is an image that is made up of pixels. 

Vector -A vector image is based on a mathematical formula. It uses coordinates to define the shape of a graphic.