On the contrary, active space is used to draw a user’s attention and to emphasize certain elements like a headline, logo or graphic. Though it goes without being noticed, this white space is intentionally added there in a very subtle way, to allow the eye to easily read the design/text. The designers use it to create texts or arrange paragraphs or icons. Passive space is the space between small objects that goes unnoticed. There’s another way to categorize negative space by the way it draws attention or not.
Macro white space, on the other hand, is the space between bigger elements like text columns and graphics. Micro white space is the space between the small elements like letters, text lines, paragraphs, icons, and buttons. It was created intentionally to emphasize other elements of the layout and/or to convey a specific mood. When you see a lot of white space in a design, that’s not because the designer didn’t know what to put there. White space is a very important design element, just as all the other elements: pictures, different kinds of modern fonts, graphics etc. It’s simply the space in a design and it can have any color, texture or pattern. However, this space is neither white nor negative. You may find the term “negative space” here and there, indicating the exact same thing. In graphic design, “white space” refers to the space that surrounds the elements.
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