What's the "accent color"?

android material-design
Thorsten Dittmar picture Thorsten Dittmar · Jun 24, 2015 · Viewed 83.9k times · Source

Either my English is not good enough or I just do not get it, but could anybody please explain to me what the "accent color" is and where it is used?

My question originated from the fact that I couldn't find a real description of when and how that color is used. Had I scrolled further down, I'd have found that description, too.

Sorry to interrupt, thanks for pointing me to it everybody.

Answer

Marcin Orlowski picture Marcin Orlowski · Jun 24, 2015

You got good example in Material Design docs -> your palettes are shown in section "UI color application" - with blue colors being primary and pink being used for accents.

Here is what it means in practice (also FAB would most likely use pink background color)

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