Legibility of Small Icons with Color Combinations in Small Displays.

The present study explored the effects of figure/ground color combinations on legibility of small icons. This experiment used a 2 (icon size) × 3 (icon hue) × 3 (icon saturation) × 3 (background hue) × 3 (background saturation) × 2 (luminance contrast) factorial design. Legibility was investigated b...

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Publicado en:Perceptual & Motor Skills Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 191 - 201
Autor principal: Huang, Shih-Miao
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Ammons Scientific, Ltd. February 2007
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