Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!chrise From: chrise@bcsaic.UUCP (Chris Esposito) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: Color in Screen Displays Keywords: color, screen display, user interface, fatigue, ergonomics Message-ID: <9012@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 88 17:27:45 GMT References: <2789@hound.UUCP> Reply-To: chrise@bcsaic.UUCP (Chris Esposito) Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 37 In article <2789@hound.UUCP> nib@hound.UUCP (N.BENIMOFF) writes: >Does anyone know where I can find some good empirical data relating to >the following question: > >Are there colors that should be avoided in constructing a user interface >for presentation on a CRT due to fatigue factors? I.E., consider the >following scenario. We have a user who sits in front of a color CRT >looking at text and graphics for the better part of an 8-hour shift. >Are there colors that, more than others, might cause problems of a >fatigue or perceptual nature? > >Thanks for any help. > >Nick Benimoff >AT&T Bell Laboratories >att!hound!nib One reference is: `ACE: A Color Expert System for User Interface Design' Barbara J. Meier Comp. Sci. Dept Brown University Providence, RI 02912 Found in the Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on User Interface Software Banff, Alberta, Canada October, 1988 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "what if we can't tell the difference between AI and artificial stupidity? Chris Esposito | CSNET: chrise@boeing.com Boeing Advanced Technology Center | uucp: ...!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!chrise