Guidelines for the Use of Color in ATC Displays.

Abstract

Color is probably the most effective, compelling, and attractive method available for coding visual information on a display. However, caution must be used in the application of color to displays for air traffic control (ATC), because it is easy to do more harm than good. The only thing that is truly obvious about the use of color on displays is that its benefits and drawbacks depend upon the task. This paper offers general guidelines on how color should, and should not, be used, but does not define a specific color-coding scheme. These guidelines are based on what is known about human vision, display capabilities, the knowledge gained from the lessons learned from the uses of color in the cockpit and ATC environments, and human factors "best practices." The report also discusses a series of experiments that examined color production capabilities within and across five Sony DDM-2801C monitors and selected and validated an "ideal" color set for this monitor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA367984

Entities

People

  • Dan Hannon
  • Kim Cardosi

Organizations

  • John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Best Practices
  • Color Coding
  • Color Displays
  • Color Vision
  • Control Systems
  • Data Displays
  • Display Systems
  • Electronic Aircraft
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Lessons Learned
  • Psychology
  • Transportation

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design