Colors and Legibility: Caution and Warning Data-Plates

Abstract

The study compared the legibility of black printing on a yellow background with the legibility of five color combinations often used for caution and warning plates. The plates were tested under three light levels: low red, low white, and high white. Results showed that black on yellow and white on black were significantly more legible than the other four color combinations in at least one of the light levels, as well as when data were pooled for all three light levels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0662772

Entities

People

  • Robert F. Macneill

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aluminum
  • Brightness
  • Contrast
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Illumination
  • Literature Surveys
  • Low Light Levels
  • Materials
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Personnel
  • Power Supplies
  • Printing
  • Standards
  • Tachistoscopes
  • White Light

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.