Color in Interface Experience

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1. Color in Interface Experience Takanori Oki - 2020/09/29 - Tech Feed Summit #5
2. Self introduction • Takanori Oki / @takanorip(Twitter: @takanoripe) • UI designer at ClassDo Inc. and Front-end web developer • Like: Figma, Web font, VTuber • I published some books. Check them out if you are interested. https://nextpublishing.jp/book/9900.html https://zenn.dev/takanorip/books/c793924600a6009b43c2
3. Interface Experience
4. "Interface Experience" is ... • Experience when using the interface • Interface Experience != User Experience
5. How does color affect people?
6. Color Psychology • Color psychology is the study of hues as a determinant of human behavior and feelings. • It is widely used in marketing ,branding and UI design, but is still in its developmental stages. • Feelings about color are often deeply personal and rooted in your own experience or culture.
7. Color Can Influence Performance • One study found that seeing the color red before taking an exam actually hurt test performance. • Show more information: https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding? doi=10.1037%2F0096-3445.136.1.154 • We must choose the appropriate color for UI and product.
8. Color in Interface Experience
9. Accessibility: color contrast • “Success Criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA): The visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1” (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1) • For more information: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/contrast- minimum.html
10. Accessibility isn't for the poor eyesight. • Device brightness and contrast settings • External environment for browsing contents(Sunlight, etc…) • It's important to use colors that are easy to read in any environment.
11. But… Accessible colors tend to be dark.
12. Sample #93500F - #FFFFFF Raito - 1:6.19
13. Balance of accessibility and feeling is important.
14. Useful tools for color experience • Leonardo • https://leonardocolor.io/ • An open source contrast-based color generator • Color Box • https://www.colorbox.io/ • Color generator by Lyft design
15. Thank you!