An Evaluation of Color Sets for CRT Displays

Abstract

Ten subjects performed a color matching task with ten sets of seven colors, adapted from sets recommended in the literature. The color sets covered a wide range in color difference values (delta-E* in CIELUV, 1976). Performance with some color sets was significantly better than that with others on a task where color discrimination was important and the colors needed to be discriminated quickly and accurately. Effectiveness of a color set did not depend on the inclusion of any particular colors; rather, the relationships among colors proved to be important. The larger the color difference value between the two most perceptually similar members of a set, the shorter the reaction time and the fewer the errors on the color matching task.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1985
Accession Number
ADA163894

Entities

People

  • A. R. Jacobson
  • D. F. Neri
  • S. M. Luria

Organizations

  • Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Biomedical Research
  • Classification
  • Color Coding
  • Color Displays
  • Computers
  • Difference Equations
  • Discrimination
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Literature
  • Measurement
  • Observers
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation