> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 4 evergreens</em></s> #### [[Use colors to create visual outlines]] This is especially effective in academic research papers, as they will usually contain consistent types and structures of information. Here is mine: - Claims: Yellow - Conclusions: Blue - Supports hypothesis: Green - Undermines hypothesis: Red - Methods: Purple This is also very helpful when reading books. For fiction I use different colors for different themes, but for non-fiction I do something similar to research papers. - Yellow (or the default color): Things I agree with without persuasion - Blue: Supports that general thesis of the book - Orange: Outside information or verifiable information - Magenta: Personally interesting me [[How to understand what you read]] When using a [[knowledge graph]], brightness can be used to do this. Coloring the nodes that you find most valuable brighter will draw your eyes to those areas, and emphasize the growing areas of though: [[Obsidian's graph is useful in the implicit and dynamic relations it can reveal]] #TO/TEND/CONCEPTUALIZE ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SAPLING *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[structure]], [[knowledge work]] #### References A method for complex texts, not through color, but could easily be ascribed to highly colors > ![[10_Sources/articles - Making Proper Marks in Books • Zettelkasten Method#^305310567]] Example from an analog system > ![[10_Sources/articles - General Principles#270306743q]]