Alignment and amplification as determinants of expressive color

Nathaniel Jacobson; William J. Bender; Uri Feldman

doi:10.1117/12.44346

1 June 1991 Alignment and amplification as determinants of expressive color

Nathaniel Jacobson, William J. Bender, Uri Feldman

Proceedings Volume 1453, Human Vision, Visual Processing, and Digital Display II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.44346
Event: Electronic Imaging '91, 1991, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Color alignment and amplification are explored within the context of a windowed system in a computer workstation. Color alignment allows precise specification of color relatedness while, at the same time, accounting for interaction of surrounding visual field and state of visual adaptation. Alignments represent the basic unit of color experience, and are formed by any two hues in color space. An experiment which utilizes the color alignment model developed by Jacobson and Bender is presented. The experiment measures preference for type of alignment between text color, background color, and highlight color, in a workstation. Results of this experiment provide guidelines for effective selection of colors for window, font, and highlight for any given application within the windowed system. Of particular interest is the incorporation of color alignments into the window manager, so that local colors can be coordinated with global colors to provide a variety of expressive signals.

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Nathaniel Jacobson, William J. Bender, and Uri Feldman "Alignment and amplification as determinants of expressive color", Proc. SPIE 1453, Human Vision, Visual Processing, and Digital Display II, (1 June 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.44346

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