Effect of Color Palette on Visual Search in a Process Control Environment
This study was designed to examine the effect of background display color on monitoring performance in a complex process control environment. Participants performed a visual search task in which they had to detect a target meter within 9 meters displayed in a 3x3 matrix pattern. The performance of participants in detecting and responding to targets was compared between two background display palettes, a grey-scale palette and a black and multi-colored palette, and two operating conditions, normal and alarm. Response time and errors decreased with the grey color palette as compared to a black and multicolor palette in both the normal condition and the alarm condition. This simple study on color palette in visual search indicates that it is important for display designers to consider their choices carefully and in light of possible influences on operator performance.
Jackie M. Tappan Catherine M. Burns
Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-6
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）