If there are too many focal points, what effect will they have on the viewer’s eye?

Correct answer: Attention may scatter

Correct answer: A. A focal point is the area that attracts the viewer’s attention first or most strongly. A good composition normally establishes one dominant focal point and may use smaller secondary points to support it. When too many areas compete with equal strength, the eye keeps jumping from one place to another. The viewer may not know where to look first, so attention becomes scattered and the visual hierarchy becomes weak. Option A is correct because excessive emphasis creates competition for attention. Option B is wrong because adding many equally strong focal points usually weakens, rather than clarifies, the main one. Option C is wrong because depth depends on spatial arrangement, scale, overlap, perspective, and other devices; it does not automatically increase. Option D is wrong because focal-point count does not erase colour intensity. Memory cue: one leader, a few helpers; too many leaders create confusion.