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Color - Basic Elements of Design

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What is Color in Design:

Color is a basic element of design, but what many designers don't realize is that it's not a required element. Some of the best designs are done with only black and white or just a touch of one color.

Use of Color in Design:

Color in Web design can be used in many ways:

  • backgrounds
  • text and foregrounds
  • images
  • accents
How to Include Color in Web Designs:

Color is very easy to add to Web pages. There are many style properties that add color, including:

  • color - for foreground color, like fonts and text
  • background-color - does what it sounds like, changes the background color of the element
  • border-color - to change the color of borders around elements

You can also add color to your design through your images. JPEG images for photographs and images with millions of colors and GIFs for flat color images.

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