Week 5 Aha moment

So my Aha moment for this week was regarding contrast.  The part that explained contrast the most to me was "High contrast conveys a sense of hardness, characteristics of strength and power.  Low contrast conveys a sense of softness, characteristics of  gentleness and mildness."  In previous parts of reading about contrast I thought it was just the opposite.  Could have been just me confused.  I had thought that low contrast was more bold.