Scrim

A scrim is a temporary effect applied to a surface for the purpose of making content below it less prominent.

Examples

A scrim being used to indicate that a drawer is modal.

A scrim being overlaid on an image to allow a readable caption on top of it.

Is this the right control?

Most controls that require scrims will apply one themselves, such as drawers.

Manually apply scrims only when:

• Content would not be legible without them.

• Modal controls are overlaid on content.