If you're just now becoming familiar with what a gradient is, we'll paint the picture for you before we dive into the tougher stuff. A gradient is a progression of colors with a starting and stopping point – so, a linear gradient starts with one color (like a red) and gradually transitions in a straight line to another color (like a blue). Like we said in our linear-gradient article, think about sunsets as the best example of a linear gradient and how each color progresses beautifully and seamlessly into the next.
