The impact of colour on Website appeal and users' cognitive processes

Displays

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-80

  Bonnardel, Nathalie ^a,b   Piolat, Annie ^a   Le Bigot, Ludovic ^c  

^a University of Provence Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b University Institute of France (IUF)   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Colour appeal; Navigation; User centred design; Website design

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE PROCESS; COLOUR APPEAL; DESIGN SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HOMEPAGE; HUMAN-COMPUTER; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTUAL FEATURE; USER CENTRED DESIGN; WEBSITE DESIGN;

DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NAVIGATION;

COLOR;

EID: 79952192870     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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