# Metro × XrossMediaBar (XMB) — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=metro+xmb
# Metro carries the structure. XrossMediaBar (XMB) appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Metro (Style, 2010–2015) and its accent from XrossMediaBar (XMB) (Layout, 2003–2013). Structural cues: Type as the hero; Flat-color tiles; Compositions running off-screen; Chrome eliminated. Accent cues, used sparingly: A horizontal row and a vertical column cross slightly left of center, and only the item at that crossing glows gold; Text labels appear for the selected item alone; the rest of the rows are icons only; The ground is one near black navy and the icons are thin pale blue outlines rather than filled shapes; Left and right move through categories, up and down through items, but it is the rows that slide while the crossing stays put. Composition: Headings running off the edge, tiles in two rectangle sizes. Type and lettering: Headings five times body size, kept in a light weight. Let one material quality come from the second style: Thin pale blue outline icons on a near black ground; emphasis comes only from lighting the one item at the crossing in gold, never from filling an area.. Mood: Technology, Trust, Rebellion, Calm, Luxury. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #223442, #BEE3F5, #E0BA73. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Metro: Stripping every border and shadow erases the difference between a tappable tile and a plain heading, leaving people guessing where to touch.
# - XrossMediaBar (XMB): Move a highlight instead of holding the crossing still and the viewer loses their place the moment a row grows long.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/metro/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/xmb/design.md