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The 60-30-10 rule 0:49
A 49-second explainer of The 60-30-10 rule, narrated over the same demo you can try yourself.
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What this video covers
The 60-30-10 rule is a rough recipe for colour proportion: about 60% a dominant (usually neutral) colour, 30% a secondary, and 10% an accent. It's not about which hues you pick but how much of each you use - the proportions that make a palette feel balanced rather than either bland or shouty.
Slide it toward 60-30-10 and the sample settled - calm surface, supporting tone, one accent that pops because it's rare. Even the colours out and it went flat and directionless; flood the accent and it turned garish, the "highlight" everywhere and so highlighting nothing. The hues never changed - only how much of each you used.
