Web Design Vocabulary

Web Design Vocabulary

Print-based layout method- follows a zigzagging pattern.

Screen-based layout method- follows a circular pattern.

Print-based layout method- follows a zigzagging pattern.

Screen-based layout method- follows a circular pattern.

Analogous colors- Three colors on the color 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- The addictive color wheel are red, green, and blue.

Secondary hues- cyan, magenta, and yellow.

Shade- Adding black to a hue and darkening it.

Split-complementary colors- Colors that form a triad 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 definition 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.

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

Clip art- Ready-made are 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 format- 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.