TermCraft conventionFoundational
Semantic Color
Colours that always mean the same thing.
Definition
Colour assigned a fixed communicative role, such as success, warning or error.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
Colours that always mean the same thing.
Example
Red for destructive actions and errors, used consistently and always with text or an icon.
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Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Use of ColorAccessibility
- Design TokensDesign system
- Semantic ColorUI foundation
Nearby in the Atlas
Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.