This is not my first reading into color. We briefly covered some color theory in Kalmbach’s Hypertext course, mostly in the relationship between colors for schemes. I take a particular interest in readings on color in relation to usability because I have red-green deficient colorblindness.
Horton’s Color in Icons is another excellent “applicable use” reading, that outlines some great ways that color can be applied in a real world setting. The 8 uses for color are particularly useful, some of them more than others. While reading through some of his descriptions, I think Horton puts too much emphasis on the colors themselves, as opposed to them in the context. Aside from a few extremely recognizable colors (Tiffany’s Blue for example) colors often cannot stand on their own, such as in a rankings scale.
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