Projects/Usability/HIG/Style/Backgrounds

Purpose

Backgrounds and edges throughout the applications and workspace should be consistent to communicate the same visual message about material and lighting.

Guidelines

• The background is intended to represent the look of high quality paper (e.g. card stock).
• The general background color is Cardboard Grey.
• For applications the background is fully opaque.
• For plasmoids the background is (barely) translucent.
• For more information-dense content areas (whether in plasmoids or applications) Paper White can be used for improved readability. These might include longer lists, tables, large blocks of text documents, charts,etc.
• Edges are sharp and distinct. Corners are sharp but non-threatening; ~2px or 3px corner radius.