Personalized 2D color maps

Nicholas Waldin; Matthias Bernhard; Peter Rautek; Ivan Viola

doi:10.1016/j.cag.2016.06.004

Personalized 2D color maps

Nicholas Waldin, Matthias Bernhard, Peter Rautek, Ivan Viola

Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering

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Abstract

2D color maps are often used to visually encode complex data characteristics such as heat or height. The comprehension of color maps in visualization is affected by the display (e.g., a monitor) and the perceptual abilities of the viewer. In this paper we present a novel method to measure a user's ability to distinguish colors of a two-dimensional color map on a given monitor. We show how to adapt the color map to the user and display to optimally compensate for the measured deficiencies. Furthermore, we improve user acceptance of the calibration procedure by transforming the calibration into a game. The user has to sort colors along a line in a 3D color space in a competitive fashion. The errors the user makes in sorting these lines are used to adapt the color map to his perceptual capabilities.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	143-150
Number of pages	8
Journal	Computers & Graphics
Volume	59
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cag.2016.06.004
State	Published - Jun 24 2016

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: This project has been funded by the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) through project VRG11–010 and also supported by EC Marie Curie Career Integration Grant through project PCIG13-GA-2013-618680.

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Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
General Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction

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Personalized 2D color maps

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