---
title: First Meaningful Paint
slug: Glossary/first_meaningful_paint
tags:
  - Glossary
  - Reference
  - Web Performance
---
**First Meaningful Paint** (FMP) is the paint after which the biggest above-the-fold layout change has happened and web fonts have loaded.  It is when the answer to "Is it useful?" becomes "yes", upon first meaningful paint completion.

## See also

- [First contentful paint](/en-US/docs/Glossary/First_contentful_paint)
