> [!tldr] Greyscale + one other color = looks good! I've seen the use of three-color (trichromatic) graphics in multiple places, and every time it ends up looking _really good_. It's (I think?) typically **black + white + _one_ other color**.[^1] It has a very clean look, while being more interesting than straight up black and white. You know what occurred to me this is probably just one hue with different saturation and lightness values. Arguably, this is a single color graphic. Static `H` with variable `S` & `L`. I suppose this should be called **Monochrome Graphics**. Each of [[#Examples]] I've found are doodley-type graphics. I don't have a good word for the style. I should learn more vocab in the realm of graphic design. Cartoons? I guess just cartoons. Trichromatic graphics are a more simplistic form of the use of limited color palettes, like you'd see in art utilizing [[Analogous Colors]]. # Examples ## Red - Not come across any yet ## Orange - "The Forever Strong Playbook" - B&W + orange ![[assets/image 6.jpg]] ## Yellow - [[The Bullet Journal Method]] - Has the distinction of being my _first_ experience with this style - From a TED talk on how to raise confident kids (which I will try to remember to link to later) ![[IMG_8130.jpeg|500]] ## Green - This kids puzzles book: ![[IMG_9436.jpeg]] ## Blue - [Google Chrome explainer comic](https://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/small_30.html) - B&W + Blue ![[Pasted image 20251022221107.png]] - My own https://datajournal.guide was built with Cyan[^2] ![[IMG_1707.jpeg|469]] ## Purple - Not come across any yet **** # More ## Source - self - https://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/small_12.html [^1]: and, perhaps, other shades of said color. [^2]: that was the intent, at least, I wound up re-using a bunch of previously generated images rather than making all new ones. Also this is more of an _aesthetic_ than a graphic, I guess.