Contrast is like when you have a bright sunny day and suddenly a big dark cloud comes in the sky. The difference between the bright sun and the dark cloud is called contrast. It’s like when you have a picture with lots of colors, and one color stands out because it’s very different from the others. That color is contrasting with the rest.

Imagine you have a bowl of fruit with red apples and one green apple. The green apple looks different from the red ones, and that difference is contrast. It’s like having a loud drum sound in a quiet song. The loud drum is contrasting with the soft music.

When you are drawing with crayons and you use a white crayon on black paper, the white crayon really shows up. That’s because white and black are very different, and they contrast each other. Contrast helps us see things better because it makes them stand out. It’s like when you wear a bright yellow raincoat on a rainy day, you stand out against the gray sky. Contrast makes things interesting and helps them catch our attention.