Color and visual factors in ATC displays /

This study investigates color use in air traffic control (ATC) facilities to understand the ways color is being used, the associated benefits, and its influence on task performance. It was found that, while color use has some advantages for information processing, such as reducing workload and savin...

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Main Author:	Xing, Jing
Corporate Authors:	United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine, United States. Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Ft. Belvior, VA : Springfield, Va. : Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine ; Available to the public through the Defense Technical Information Center ; Available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, 2006.
Subjects:	Airports > Traffic control > Display systems. Color display systems > Psychological aspects. Airports. Color display systems. Psychological aspects.
Summary:	This study investigates color use in air traffic control (ATC) facilities to understand the ways color is being used, the associated benefits, and its influence on task performance. It was found that, while color use has some advantages for information processing, such as reducing workload and saving time, it also has disadvantages and may introduce negative effects in task performance. The benefits of color use were identified, and rationales were provided for how to use color properly to optimize those benefits. The negative effects of color use with respect to associated cognitive factors were analyzed, and two checklists that evaluate advantages and negative effects of color use in ATC displays were derived which can be used for design prototypes and acquisition evaluation.