jeudi 27 novembre 2008

Colors and UI

L’article suivant expose les résultats d’études cherchant à expliquer comment l’utilisation de certains jeux de couleurs dans les UI peuvent influencer la perception qu’ont les utilisateurs de l’UI et de l’application :

 http://www.infoq.com/articles/Colors-UI

L'extrait suivant explique comment le choix des couleurs peut initier chez l'utilisateur des sentiments et ressentis pouvant venir modifier/orienter le ressenti de son "experience utilisateur":

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Colors and Visual Appeal

Colors are well suited to increase the visual appeal of a software product. We associate certain meanings with specific colors (Table 2). These color stereotypes can be leveraged when designing a UI. For example, it may make sense to base a clinical software application on white as this color is associated with cleanliness. Another example is the homepage of the United Nations [7] which is held in blue, thus conveying peacefulness.

Color

Stereotypical Meaning

Red

hot, stop, aggression, error, warning, fire, daring

Violet

female, cute, cotton-candy

Orange

warm, autumnal

Yellow

happy, sunny, cheerful, slow down, caution

Brown

warm, fall, dirty

Green

envy, jealousy, a novice, spring-like (fertile), pastoral

Blue

peaceful, water, male

Purple

Royal

White

virginal, clean, innocent, cold

Black

evil, ghostly, death, fear, mourning

Gray

overcast, gloom, old age

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