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Legibility is how easily text or visuals can be read or understood. Lighting, background, size, and contrast all affect how readable something is. Designers use contrast to grab attention and harmony to create smooth visuals. Complementary colors can create contrast, but too much can be harsh. Analogous colors offer natural harmony.

You can always check your contrast online to make sure your text is readable, and Adobe offers such a thing. Here's a link to their contrast checker.

1. Why might white text on a yellow background be hard to read?

2. Which term refers to colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel?

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Why might white text on a yellow background be hard to read?

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Which term refers to colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel?

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Legibility is how easily text or visuals can be read or understood. Lighting, background, size, and contrast all affect how readable something is. Designers use contrast to grab attention and harmony to create smooth visuals. Complementary colors can create contrast, but too much can be harsh. Analogous colors offer natural harmony.

You can always check your contrast online to make sure your text is readable, and Adobe offers such a thing. Here's a link to their contrast checker.

1. Why might white text on a yellow background be hard to read?

2. Which term refers to colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel?

question mark

Why might white text on a yellow background be hard to read?

Select the correct answer

question mark

Which term refers to colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel?

Select the correct answer

Everything was clear?

How can we improve it?

Thanks for your feedback!

SectionΒ 5. ChapterΒ 4
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