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)

Not Recommended With

• 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