The effect of icon color gradient features on users' visual search efficiency.
This study explored the influence of different colour gradients and colour area icons on user visual efficiency through a visual search task experiment with 35 participants involved. The results showed that the colour gradient slope and colour area of the icon significantly affected the visual searc...
| Publicado en: | Ergonomics Vol. 69; no. 4; pp. 713 - 724 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2026
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