8 Sep
2010
8 Sep
'10
7:19 p.m.
On Wednesday 08 September 2010 16:35:31 Andrew Bryant wrote:
Previously:
Two colors simply isn't enough. You need a color for low, a color for middle
and a value for high. And then you haven't even looked at a fourth color for
mute/off.
And fading from green directly/linear to red gives an ugly brown in the
middle. It looks much nicer to go across yellow. And then you can really use
that third color to stand for a special step, not just "in the middle of the
slider".
If these colors are taken from the color-scheme the user has chosen, I feel
confident, that these are suitable for all kinds of color-blindness (otherwise
the color-scheme is chosen wrongly). But I don't know (yet) which color roles
to use from the color-schemes...
Have fun,
Arnold
That's actually a neat idea, color for
immediate visual feedback. I
imagine the problem is the colors. What would be sane? I guess three
basic colors and interpolate between them?
low = blue
middle = yellow
high = top
It needs to be rather intuitive. I guess the more colors the less
intuitive it will become. Maybe two are enough.
I wonder which color would best represent 'low' or 'bottom'.
Blue, black?
I suggest you keep it simple, i.e. only two colours if possible, but
make them configurable for the benefit of those with visual disabilities.