Psychological Effects of Styles and Colors in Contents

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italic; should be used for less important data, cognitive load is low
bold; used to highlight important parts and attract attention, cognitive load is high
code; used for formulas and codes
~~strikethrough~~; used for correcting mistakes
“Quotes” should be preferred for words we are not sure of
Underlined; generally used with bold for the most important texts

Header; used for grouping and headers

red; used in important, desired and high danger situations, cognitive load is high
- Suitable for topics such as Error, love
blue; preferred for information, trust and tranquility, cognitive load is very low
- Suitable for topics such as Information, science
green; used in growth, health, environment, balance, idea presentation situations, cognitive load is normal
- growth, ecosystem, nature, health, conversation
yellow; used to attract attention, worry, express, cognitive load is high
purple; medium cognitive load in creativity, mystery, lux, premium, arrogance content
orange; social interactions, medium cognitive load
pink; soothing and emotional content, low cognitive load
gray; background texts, additional information that should not stand out, less important things
white; default, plain texts, used for margins and gaps, least cognitive load
brown; used for traditional topics, storytelling elements, low load

red - throw, exception, error
- Intense attention
blue - constant, static, fixed
- Reliability and the feeling that it will not change
green - ? string
purple - if, else, import
- Special and reserved words
orange - functions, class
- Social interaction, groupings
pink - Not preferred much
grey - comments, //, /**
- Unnecessary and should not stand out too much
white - Main part of the code is in this color, default color
brown - deprecated or embedded packages

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