Re: Colour and wayfinding

Elizabeth,

> I therefore wondered
> whether there had been
> much similar research
> from a design perspective.

I know even less about all this than Gunnar claims to, but since no
one else is piping up ...

1. The neuroscientist Semir Zeki has a chapter on "The physiology of
colour vision" in his _Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain_.

2. There's a new book out by John Medina, _Brain Rules: 12 Principles
for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School_ which may or may
not be helpful. See the reviews at:
	< http://www.amazon.com/dp/0979777704/ref=pe_ar_x4 >
I've not yet read it, but I gather Medina's rules #9 and #10 summarize
the latest research about vision. FWIW, Medina's own scientific
credentials are sound, but this book is unscholarly (at least one
amazon.com reviewer complained about the lack of research citations).
Nonetheless, there might be something of interest here, given that
Medina's focus is on popularizing and applying brain research to daily
life, including things like PowerPoint presentations.
I don't usually go for this kind of thing myself, but I suppose I'll
have to have a look one of these days (my own interest is in Medina's
rule #11: "Male and female brains are different.").

3. An old standby on designing with color = Jan White's _Color for the
electronic age: What every desktop publisher needs to know about using
color effectively in charts, graphs, typography, and pictures_ (1990).
White won't tell you anything about the latest research, but he's a
very good designer with plenty of real-world experience to back up his
insights on a subject he's clearly thought long & hard about.


... And that's it for me, too!

I need to rest my poor lizard brain for a while before I take another
stab at McCloud's Big Triangle.

I'm certain Gunnar and I are NOT on the same page with this, but I'm
too exhausted right now to tackle the diagram again. ;-)

Deborah
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Deborah Taylor-Pearce
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