JimLiu-baoyu-skills/skills/baoyu-article-illustrator/references/palettes/mono-ink.md

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mono-ink

Black ink on pure white with sparse semantic accent colors

Background

  • Color: Pure White (#FFFFFF)
  • Texture: Clean, no grain, no tint

Colors

Role Color Hex Usage
Background Pure White #FFFFFF Canvas
Primary Near Black #1A1A1A All lines, text, figures, arrows
Accent (risk/emphasis) Coral Red #E8655A Risk, problem, gap, key emphasis
Accent (positive) Muted Teal #5FA8A8 Positive, solution, "after" state
Accent (neutral tag) Dusty Lavender #9B8AB5 Neutral tags, category labels
Soft Fill Pale Gray #F0F0F0 Subtle zone backgrounds (optional)

Accent

Use black ink for all structural elements — lines, text, figures. Accent colors appear only for semantic highlighting: coral red for risks/gaps/problems, muted teal for positive/solution/after-states, dusty lavender for neutral category tags. Total colored pixels must remain under 10% of canvas. Pale gray may back a subtle zone but must never dominate.

Semantic Constraint

Black ink on white canvas. Accent colors for semantic highlighting only — total colored pixels under 10% of canvas. Do NOT render color names, hex codes, or role labels as visible text in the image.

Compatible With

  • ink-notes (primary, default pairing)
  • minimal (strict monochrome variation, drops the style's built-in accent)
  • sketch (pencil + ink hybrid look)
  • sketch-notes — its "no pure white backgrounds" rule conflicts
  • warm, elegant, watercolor, fantasy-animation — color-heavy by design, mono-ink strips their identity

Best For

Professional visual notes, Before/After essays, tech manifestos, framework analogies, whiteboard-presentation explainers