Encyclopedia > Elegance

  Article Content

Elegance

Elegance is the attribute of being tastefully designed or decorated, with focus on basic features. Frequently, elegance is synonymous with grace.

Many western people associate elegance with simplicity and consistency of design, focussing on the main features of an object. Decoration and features are often minimalistic. A solution is considered to be elegant if it solves a problem in a surprisingly simple yet effective and constructive manner. visual stimuli are frequently considered to be elegant if a small number of colors[?] and stimuli is used, emphasing the remaining. The color white is often associated with elegance, usually along with blue or black.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
1904

... painter August 29 - Murat V, deposed Ottoman sultan September 26 - John F. Stairs, businessman, statesman October 4 - Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor Nobel ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 37.2 ms