Elements of design

• Graphic Design Basics Part 1: Elements
• The Elements of Design

color

• use color to set site's mood
• Colors in Web Design: Choosing The Right Combination For Your Website
• Color strategy
• An Introduction to Color Theory for Web Designers
• 3 Time-Tested Ways To Pick The Perfect Website Color Combination
• Selecting Your Own Color Scheme

line

• setting boundaries with line
• The Meaning of Lines: Developing A Visual Grammar

shape

• repeating shapes to unify design
• The Meaning Of Shapes: Developing Visual Grammar
• Shape - Basic Elements of Design

texture

• use texture to add depth
• The Whys And The Hows Of Textures In Web Design
• The What, Why and How of Textures in Web Design

value

• tweek value to add contrast
• Principles of Design: Value

whitespace

• using space to organize your design
• How To Actually Use Negative Space As Design Element

type

• communicating with the right fonts
• Elements of Design: Type

form

• structuring your layout with form
• the overall mass of shapes within your design and how they relate to one another. Consider the group of shapes as a whole. That's form, the sum of all the parts. Good form, then, would be a design in which everything in it looks like it's meant to go together. Like it has always existed, and nothing is out of place. Some people refer to that phenomenon as having all of the structural elements hang together well.