Back to basics: Glossary of design term Skill Level: Novice
Glossary: R
Radio Button
In an online form, radio buttons looks like the following:
Would like information on our graphic services?
Yes
No
If you click your mouse on the radio buttons above, you will only
be able to select one answer. A radio button is different from a
check box, which can accept multiple checked items at a time.
RGB
Stands for the colors Red-Green-Blue. In web design and design for
computer monitors, colors are defined in terms of a combination
of these three colors. For example, the RGB abbreviation for the
color blue shown below is 0-0-255. In contrast, print designers
typically define colors using CMYK.
Rich Media Typically, a web site or banner ads that use technology
more advanced than standard GIF animation. Rich media banners include:
Flash, Shockwave, streaming video, Real Audio/Video, pull-down menus,
search boxes, applets that allow for interactivity, and other types
of special effects.
Royalty-Free Photos or Images
Photos, graphic images, or other intellectual property that are
sold for a single standard fee and may be used repeatedly by the
purchaser. Typically with royalty-free clauses, the company that
sells you the images still owns all of the rights to the images,
and they are allowed for use only by the purchaser (i.e., the same
images cannot be used by another company or individual without repurchase).
Rules
Rules, or horizontal rules, are HTML tags enable you to insert horizontal
lines as separators or dividers. Web graphic designers will vary
the length and color of horizontal rules to add emphasis and flair.
The following gray line is a horizontal rule set at a width of 50
percent.
