Mental models/Visual Hierarchy
Perception & Visual Processing

Visual Hierarchy

The arrangement of visual elements in order of importance, using size, colour, contrast, and position to guide the viewer's eye through content in a deliberate sequence.

In plain language

Size, weight, colour, and position tell the eye where to go first. A screen without hierarchy makes every element compete equally — which means none wins.

In the wild

Implementations of this model aren’t wired to this view yet — they live in the implementations table.

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