Elegance is the attribute of being unusually effective and simple. It is frequently used as a standard of tastefulness, particularly in the areas of visual design and decoration. Elegant things exhibit refined grace and dignified propriety. Visual design is the interpretation and extension of a brands attributes, platform, and personality through the use and layout of elements such as images, color palette, typography, etc. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Some westerners associate elegance with simplicity and consistency of design, focusing on the main or basic features of an object, its dignified gracefulness, or restrained beauty of style. Simplicity is the property, condition, or quality of being simple or un-combined. ... Look up Consistency in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Others understand the word in an opulent light as in tasteful richness of design or ornamentation "the sumptuous elegance of the furnishings."

The proof of a mathematical theorem is considered to have mathematical elegance if it is surprisingly simple yet effective and constructive; similarly, a computer program or algorithm is elegant if it uses a small amount of intuitive code to great effect. In mathematics, a proof is a demonstration that, assuming certain axioms, some statement is necessarily true. ... Look up theorem in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Most mathematicians derive aesthetic pleasure from their work, and from mathematics in general. ... Look up surprise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In computing, SIMPLE (Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions) is an instant messaging (IM) and presence protocol suite based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). ... A computer program is a collection of instructions that describe a task, or set of tasks, to be carried out by a computer. ... Flowcharts are often used to represent algorithms. ... Intuition has many meanings across many cultures, including: quick and ready insight seemingly independent of previous experiences and empirical knowledge immediate apprehension or cognition knowledge or conviction gained by intuition the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference. ...

In chemistry, chemists always look for elegance as well as utility in synthesis. It has been suggested that the central science be merged into this article or section. ... In chemistry, chemical synthesis is purposeful execution of chemical reactions in order to get a product, or several products. ...

Visual stimuli are frequently considered elegant if a small number of colors and stimuli are used, emphasizing the remainder. The color white is often associated with elegance, usually along with blue or black. Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... A white rose. ... YOU SUCK!!!!! ... Black cat, thought by some to cause bad luck (see superstition) Black is the shade of objects that do not reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum. ...

♣== See also ==♣

• Aesthetics
• A Guide to Elegance by Genevieve Antoine Dariaux