There is a lot to take in in chapter 8. I understand the importance of color to design, but I didn't find all the information about brightness, luminance, value, saturation, and hue particularly interesting; I found the examples the authors gave on the colored pages to be more informative, including their explanation of Ethanol's blue and green logo and how it effectively implies "clean air and water" and "the fields where the farmers grow the corn used to make ethanol." Also, understanding how to pair colors by using colors opposite from one another on the color wheel, by using triadic and tetradic color schemes, or by using monochromatic and analogous color schemes was useful.
Chapter 9 discusses lists, tables, and forms - tools that have been in use forever. Clearly, the organization of data is key for the ease of users to understand the information put before them, so similarity, contrast, alignment, proximity, order, and enclosure are important principles for the designer to follow.
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