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What Is the Difference Between Tints, Shades, Hues, and Tones?

Creative Market

Throw hue and tone into the mix, too, and you’re left with four, distinct color terms that everyone uses, yet not everyone understands. The mix-up among tint, shade, hue, and tone is understandable since they’re all related to color theory and refer to similar concepts within design. Split-Complementary Colors.

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How to Apply Visual Communication Strategies to Design

Design Wizard

Infographics are more than mere pie charts, histograms, or bar graphs. Here are some basic theories that help designers and visual communicators organize information and create eye-catching logos, brand images, and overall great designs. Color Theory. This theory also applies to branding.

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The Designer Guide to Web Design Colours

Inkbot Design

You only need to picture some iconic brands to realise it: What do you see when you think of “McDonald's”? Colours matter so much because they can: Create brand identity : No one will forget your look if used correctly. Begin with Your Brand Your brand's personality and values should be at the core of your colour choices.

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Annual Report Design: 6 Best Practices to Create Appealing Reports for Your Company

Noupe

This theme will inspire design elements such as the color scheme, typography , and visuals you choose to include in the rest of the report. Use bright colors and bold fonts that draw attention and are in line with your brand guidelines. There are different types of data visualizations such as: Infographics Charts Diagrams Maps.

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30 Inspiring UX Design Examples For Your Next Vision in 2022

Graphic Mama

Kitchen.co – A Brand New Service Explained. It’s very interactive, full of infographics, and it has plenty of high-quality images and illustrations. Interactive infographics. Blueventure – Utilizing Color Theory. 2Create – Showcasing Brand Portfolio. Great explanation of the brands.

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Ideas for Christmas Gifts for Graphic Designers

Template Monster

Designers and illustrators will appreciate the service since the subscription includes the "Graphics" section, where you can find PSD sources, logo templates, illustrations, and even infographic elements. Personalized Business Cards These beautiful foil business cards will add an elegant touch to any brand. Creative pricing plan ($5.75/month

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10 Best FREE Graphic Design Courses Online

Just Creative

Creating Brand Systems: An Overview of Combining Logos and Type. Taught by Mike Ski and Jesse Jay, designers from True Hand, the Creating Brand Systems course asks students to think about how a great logo or brand system comes to be. Apply color theory and typography practices.