Golden Ratio

What is a Golden Ratio?
      A Golden Ratio exist when a line is divided into two parts and the longer part (a) divided by the smaller part (b) is equal to the sum of (a)+(b) divided by (a).




  • The Golden Ratio also known as Golden mean, Golden section,Golden rectangle,Golden number,Divine proportion. 
  • Closely related to Fibonacci sequence.


  • Leonardo Da Vinci called it the "divine proportion" and featured it in many of his paintings.
  • In the famous "Mona Lisa" painting which is drawn by using the Golden Ratio principal.first draw a rectangle around her face. you can further explore this by subdividing the rectangle formed by using her eyes as a horizontal divider etc,

Use of Golden Ratio:
            To achieve continuous consistency through out the design.

Real time examples:


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