The Legibility of Colored Web Page Texts

This paper investigates the impact of color combinations on the legibility of a Web page text presented on a CRT display. Four hundred and sixty-eight participants tested the legibility of fifty-six color combinations. The impacts of color combination, luminance contrast, color difference, and polar...

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Main Authors: Gradisar, M., Humar, I., Turk, T.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Additives
Analysis of variance
Applied sciences
Cathode ray tubes
Color
Computer displays
Computer science
control theory
systems
Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface
Electron beams
Exact sciences and technology
Legibility
Psychology
Software
Speed of Reading
Testing
User interfaces
Web pages
Web-Based system
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Summary:This paper investigates the impact of color combinations on the legibility of a Web page text presented on a CRT display. Four hundred and sixty-eight participants tested the legibility of fifty-six color combinations. The impacts of color combination, luminance contrast, color difference, and polarity on the legibility were studied. According to the analysis of variance test, color combinations significantly affected the number of correctly identified characters. The obtained results showed that more than 90-year old Le Courier legibility table is not appropriate for additive color computer displays. Consequently, a new legibility table is proposed.
ISSN:1330-1012
DOI:10.1109/ITI.2007.4283776