Notes on ergonomic colou r adjustmen
t
Notes on e rgonomic colour adju
stment
If you select colours for the monitor in your application programmes,
take note of the inform a tion belo w.
The primary colours blue and red on a dark background do not produce the minimum
required contrast of 3:1 and are there fore not suitable for continuous text and data entry.
When using several colours for characters and background and giving the primary colours full
modulation, you can obtain very suitable colour combinations (see the following table):
Characters
Background
black white purple blue
cyan green
yellow red
black
++
-
+++
-
white
+++
---
+
purple
++
-----
blue
-
+
-
+
-
+
-
cyan
+
--
+
---
green
+
--
+
---
yellow
+
-
++
--
+
red
-
+
----
+
+ Colour combination very suitable
- Colour combination not suitable because colour hues are too c lose togeth er, thin characte rs
are not identifiable or rigorous focusing is demanded of the human eye.
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