Yellow dog (design)

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This is an article about design; for other meanings, see: Yellow dog

Yellow dog is a technique used in design (particularly graphic design and illustration, similar to the idea of a red herring. The designer adds a useless element to a project or concept, the arbitrary image of a yellow dog, for example. This meaningless image catches the customer's eye, and they pay more attention to the yellow dog, without criticizing the main part of project, The designer expects that the client will be satisfied with the entire design by simply removing the yellow dog.