Cognitive models of the influence of color scale on data visualization tasks

Human Factors

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-338

  Breslow, Leonard A ^a   Ratwani, Raj M ^b   Trafton, J Gregory ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive model; Color code; Color comparison; Color identification; Color matching; Color scale; Computational models; Computer displays; Data visualization; Displays and controls; Legends; Visual displays; Visual search for colors

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE MODEL; COLOR IDENTIFICATION; COLOR SCALE; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; COMPUTER DISPLAYS; DISPLAYS AND CONTROLS; LEGENDS; VISUAL DISPLAYS; VISUAL SEARCH FOR COLORS;

COLOR; COLOR CODES; COLOR PRINTING; DATA VISUALIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VISUAL COMMUNICATION; VISUALIZATION;

COLOR MATCHING;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249116633     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720809338286     Document Type: Article

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