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Infographic Choosing a layout, color scheme, and symbolism

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Page 1: Infographic Choosing a layout, color scheme, and symbolism

InfographicChoosing a layout, color scheme,

and symbolism

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timeline

Grace Lee is a Junior at Parsons…visually laid out all of the medals won by every country in every Olympics since Athens in 1896. Across the bottom is number of nations each year and how many athletes were involved.

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Charts/graphs

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Large image with annotated timeline at bottom

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Silhouette using image < adjust < invert (or ctrl/I )

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Silhouette a photo to black using the burn toolor selecting the whole person/animal/object and dropping black paint with the paint bucket tool

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Simplicity in symbols = easier viewer ‘read’

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Coffee tasting Flavor wheel

Color scheme

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Color scheme- greenround shape of stadium is repeated to organize the information

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Consistent color scheme

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Grey background to contrast with foreground colors

Text is only black when needed, otherwise it is grey

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Large areas of white space

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Consistency of color scheme

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Diagonal position adds eye movement

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Custom shape tool

Dropdown menu next to chosen shape < library , all < append

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TransparencyIn layers panel – Opacity of each layer can be changed

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Dark background color:High contrast allows foreground colors to pop

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Background color: and textureConsider how your background supports understanding of the topic

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Background color: and textureConsider how your background supports the topic and the design

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