Goal: theme and tone
Reader: Authors choosing how a figure should look for the medium it will be read in — print, projection, low vision, long-form. Meta cluster: D — knowledge & expression Scenarios: 4 · Examples: 4
Scenarios
| Scenario | Tier | Engines | Example files |
|---|---|---|---|
| vivid launch share | T2 | echarts | vivid-launch-share.md |
| accessible service mix | T2 | infographic | accessible-service-mix.md |
| editorial policy flow | T2 | plantuml | editorial-policy-flow.md |
| print handout graph | T2 | plantuml | print-handout-graph.md |
Reading order
Pick the theme first, then the figure: the medium decides the colours, and the block you paste follows from the theme, not from the engine.
Engines in this goal
echarts— report-grade charts and dashboardsinfographic— template-driven boards, sequences and comparisonsplantuml— diagrams with icon families and UML/ArchiMate/BPMN semantics
Details, limits and anti-patterns: ../engines/echarts.md · ../engines/infographic.md · ../engines/plantuml.md.
Palette
Every figure takes its colours from a theme. Pick one in
../styles/palette.md — the token contract, the theme index and the
per-engine blocks all start there.
Most figures in this set want Default. Depart from it for the medium, not the topic: Print when it may be photocopied, Contrast for low vision or large-print handouts, Vivid when it will be projected, Accessible when colour must not be the only cue, Editorial for long-form reading, Slate for technical reference, Pastel when the figure sits inside gentle prose, Nord for a cool Nordic register. Every theme is designed for a light ground — the set has no dark page.
Don't
- Reaching for a second accent because the theme feels quiet → the theme is the whole palette
- Writing a dark-theme block into a light page → a near-black panel reads as a hole
- Relying on colour alone in a mono theme → label it, or vary the shape