For Your Mobile App’s Background

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Great Examples

CIM added a simple dark blue gradient to their black-and-white image of choice. This both diminishes the intensity of the photo and keeps with the color

theme in their app. On the user’s device, this almost comes across as smooth glass.

Cleveland Institute of Music

Art of Élan went with a texture for their app wallpaper that matches their unique style. It is not overly complicated, and is dark in color – as a user, we

admire it without it getting in the way of the text on the screen.

Art of Élan

Theo Verbey

Composer Theo Verbey personalized his app background with a sample from one of his own scores, making sure to first reduce the photo’s intensity by

adding a dark layer on top.

The Cleveland Orchestra uses a softly-faded, watermarked floral pattern to enhance their app’s look. It allows for a nice contrast to the app content, and

creates a sense of conformity across all their platforms - using the same image for their app icon, splash screen, and the banner on their regular website.

The Cleveland Orchestra

BCSD chose an ensemble photo for their wallpaper. Notice how they appropriately added a layer of black, and brought down the opacity of the

photo to ensure the movement wouldn’t distract too much from the content.

Bach Collegium San Diego

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center uses a fairly dark-toned concert photo on top of a solid black background. This gives a great personality to their

app, while still allowing for complete readability.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Detroit Symphony Orchestra brings character to their app by using their logo and a black gradient to make their content stand out and appear more inviting.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Pacific Symphony uses the great combination of colors from their logo as a basis for their overall look. From their icon, to their splash screen, to their

background image, they have a very streamlined look and feel to their app.

Pacific Symphony

Royal Conservatory uses a hint of their logo combined with a purple overlay to give a sleek look across all their app pages.

Royal Conservatory Presents