Oliver It depends the colour. Red is remembered more easily. You can learn a lot of colour in 1. *Leatrice* Eiseman books 2. There´s a big research done in Germany. But I only have seen it in German or Spanish. The author is Eva Heller
Hope it helps On 1/3/08, Paul Eisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The tool that I am evaluating basically uses 6-8 different colors to > > convey certain "scopes". It seems to me that users (in this case > students) > might take too long to learn the differences or associate a > color with the > appropriate scope. > > Oliver, from my memory of my (almost ancient) experience in this field, > unless there are well understood meanings to the color/shape codes - > that is, they are not just arbitrary - 6-8 assigned colors would take a > while to learn, and require frequent rehearsal. So these would be > appropriate as the primary codes only for people motivated to learn the > application and spend many hours in it. It is probably much better to > rely on heading text or meaningful images to convey the scope. > > I'd be curious what other practical advice people have to offer. > > Paul Eisen > Principal User Experience Architect > tandemseven > http://www.tandemseven.com > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Rafa López Callejón [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.natitvos-digitales.net +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
