Chromaticity contrast, luminance contrast, and legibility of text

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 135-144

  Spenkelink, G P J ^a,b   Besuijen, J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Ergonomics Department

Author keywords

Additivity; Chromaticity contrast; Color; Contrast; Legibility; Luminance contrast; Subjective ratings; Visual displays; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ERGONOMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STANDARDS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; VISION;

ACHROMATIC CONTRAST; ADDITIVITY; CHROMATICITY CONTRAST; LEGIBILITY; LUMINANCE CONTRAST; MONOCHROME DISPLAYS; POLYCHROMATIC DISPLAYS; SUBJECTIVE RATINGS; VISUAL DISPLAYS;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 0030261584     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.1985002     Document Type: Article

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