What is de-emphasis?

De-emphasis is when something becomes less important or less noticeable, like when a toy gets tucked away under the bed instead of being on the table.

Imagine you have a big box of crayons, all bright and colorful. Every time you draw, you use your favorite red crayon, and it's always in front of you. But one day, you put that red crayon in the back of the box, and now you have to dig through the others to find it. That red crayon is still there, but it’s not as easy to reach anymore. That’s like de-emphasis, it's still important, but not as front and center.

Sometimes, we want things to be less obvious or less distracting. It’s like when your teacher moves the chalkboard to the side of the room so you can focus more on what she's saying, the chalkboard is still there, but it's not in the way anymore.

So de-emphasis is just a way to make something not as prominent, like moving your favorite crayon from the front of the box to the back.