The phrase "a visual relief" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that provides a pleasing or calming visual experience, often in contrast to something that is visually overwhelming or cluttered.
Example: "After hours of staring at the computer screen, the lush green park was a visual relief for my tired eyes."
Alternatives: "a visual break" or "a visual escape".
I've observed this across Europe, but it bothers me the most in drab urban zones like Athens, Glasgow, Naples, and here in Cardiff -- where a stretch of nice, clean, uninterrupted sidewalk would be a calming visual relief.
Neumaier also said that the imagery of Deborah Myers and the "ethereal white horse" were a "nice visual relief" from Michael's violent attacks.
Those bits, shot in a gorgeously grainy mock-antique black-and-white, offer a bit of visual relief from the long slog through the Cuban countryside, as well as providing an occasion for defiant revolutionary apologetics.
Milena Damjanov 1 Garnet Hill's white Signature Scalloped Percale flat sheet and sham offer a dose of visual relief, but the embroidered border keeps things snappy.
It relies heavily on texture to provide a degree of visual relief, and on very abstracted, capital-less columns of red granite to make a grid consisting of a monumental, three-story-high colonnade along the street and horizontal planes of gray granite.
Their immediately identifiable palette of green, red and yellow provides some visual relief from the preceding gleam and glitter — a great way to end an absorbing show.
Vino ranked No. 3 in viewer voting last week with an equally plodding version of "God Bless the USA," except last week he had a video backdrop/travelogue pictures of American landscapes to provide much needed visual relief.
Likewise, avoid Mr. Trigg's version of surf and turf, a conflagration of ingredients that are O.K. individually — beautifully sautéed scallops, juicy pulled pork, mounds of mashed potatoes, citrus beurre blanc, veal reduction and a miserly portion of bright asparagus that must be there for visual relief.
Framed by the surrounding buildings, they would offer visual relief from the isolated world above.
Parks were developed to provide visual relief and places for healthful play or relaxation.
