Choosing Effective Colours for Data Visualization (1996)
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| Venue: | Proc. Seventh IEEE Conf. Visualization (VIS ’96 |
| Citations: | 67 - 12 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Healey96choosingeffective,
author = {Christopher G. Healey},
title = {Choosing Effective Colours for Data Visualization},
booktitle = {Proc. Seventh IEEE Conf. Visualization (VIS ’96},
year = {1996},
pages = {263--271}
}
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Abstract
In this paper we describe a technique for choosing multiple colours for use during data visualization. Our goal is a systematic method for maximizing the total number of colours available for use, while still allowing an observer to rapidly and accurately search a display for any one of the given colours. Previous research suggests that we need to consider three separate effects during colour selection: colour distance, linear separation, and colour category. We describe a simple method for measuring and controlling all of these effects. Our method was tested by performing a set of target identification studies; we analysed the ability of thirty-eight observers to find a colour target in displays that contained differently coloured background elements. Results showed our method can be used to select a group of colours that will provide good differentiation between data elements during data visualization. CR Descriptors: H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces- ergonomics, screen design (graphics,
