Journal #1: Contrast & Emphasis

Contrast is the state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association. My design, which is an arrangement of dark purples flowers on a similarly colored background, demonstrates subtle contrast by using a bright yellow to highlight the biggest flower. This nearly washed-out yellow tone draws attention to the central flower by outlining it, and gentley dusting the center of the flower like pollen; Yellow is also opposite of purple on the color wheel.

Emphasis is the special importance, value, or prominence given to something. To show a very simple example of emphasis, I drew a few evenly spaced out diagonal lines, and then cut sections out into a rectangle using the scissors tool (I also drew a rectangle to help me accurately cut out the shape). After that was finished, I colored the freshly cut sections of the lines in a very saturated red. The red line segments are striking, and clearly form a rectangle on first view — thus, they have been emphasized.