Color Coding Effects on Human Performance: An Annotated Bibliography.

Abstract

Abstracts and references for 78 studies and review articles are provided which are concerned with one or more aspects of color effects on human performance. Major emphasis was placed on including studies of the effect of color as a coding dimension in various tasks. However, articles on a variety of other topics related to the use of color have been included such as: the number of identifiable colors, selection of specific colors, peripheral vision for color, issues of legibility and acuity, etc. In addition, seven reviews of color literature are cited.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA039318

Entities

People

  • Ellen Barker
  • Marjorie J. Krebs

Organizations

  • Honeywell International, Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Bibliographies
  • Birds
  • Color Displays
  • Display Systems
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Minnesota
  • Motor Skills
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Recognition
  • Signal Lights
  • Systems Engineering
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Target Recognition

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.