Wow, so use the standard scheme, but replace orange with black? What if you use flourescent orange? I would think that provides enough of a different contrast from dark red.
Chris --- In [email protected], cycastel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I got the answer from an expert :-) > You'll find below the email I wrote to Rochester's Laboratory > dedicated to color science, they have a webpage where one can ask > color scientists about color perception among many other subjects: > http://www.cis.rit.edu/mcsl/outreach/categories.php > > So here is a scientific optimal color scheme, let start peeling our > orange stickers ;-) > > "Thanks for your inquiry. > > Generally research on color contrast involves only two colors (such > as text on a background), so this is definitely an interesting > question. You have already identified black and white and they > should certainly be included in your set of six. The next step would > be to include 4 chromatic colors that are of intermediate lightness > (i.e., not very dark or very light so that they are not easily > confused with the white or black). While it is difficult to say what > the optimum choices would be, there is probably very little to gain > in performance once the colors are separated into distinct hue > categories that would not be confused. For example, choosing yellow, > green, blue, and red would be about as good as you can do. You just > want to make sure that the blue and green are clearly distinguishable > which might be accomplished best by making the blue slightly purplish. > > I hope this helps. > > -Mark" > > > ... and here was the question I sent to them: > > Hi, > I am a member of an internet forum dedicated to the Rubik's cube (I am > quite sure you remember this puzzle !), and more precisely to > speedsolving this puzzle. As you may remember, there are 6 different > colors (white, yellow, dark red, orange, dark blue, and dark green), > one for each cube face in the solved state. Each face is divided into > 9 squares. Some people are able to solve the cube under 20 secondes on > average, using a 7-step method. Steps 2-7 involve "instant" > recognition of a case (1 out of ~50 for step 6, one out of ~20 for > step 7 for example) and the execution of the memorized corresponding > moves sequence. > The question is, do you have an idea about the "ideal" color scheme > that one should use for optimizing the color discrimination ability, > hence decreasing the decision time ? This can be reworded as "what is > the set of 6 colors (including black/white) that human eye is the best > (=faster?) to be able to discriminate ?". I would be very happy if you > have any idea or references about this topic ! > Thank you very much for your answer > > Cyril > > > --- In [email protected], "Gilles Roux" > <grrroux@> wrote: > > We'd need some expert in color discrimination by the human eye to tell > the perfect set of colors for speed-cubing. Black may be one of them. > Gilles. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
