[accessibleimage] Re: Color code

Hi Jimmie,
You are right. I can't hold up
a splotch of red to a blind
person and say "this is the 2
point of the first cell", but
I can say in English that point
2 represents red, in Norwegian
I can say point 2 represents rød
and in Russian (I think) krasnaya
(or else I just said that point 2
represents a pencil or something else)
And if I have the two cells beside
a splotch of red in a Picasso.
all three would know that it is
a red splotch. Except the poor
Russian who thinks it is a pencil.
So I sort of still think it is 
language independent, sort of like
numbers.
Thank you for reading. Your master's thesis
sounds really interesting. I hope
you will tell us about it.

Regards,
Lisa


Jimmie Flanagin wrote:
> 
> Hi Lisa,
> I am reading the posts about color coding with great interest.
> Communicating non-verbal academic information with the use of color(s) is
> something I am currently researching for my master's thesis.
> Your code, however, is not independent of language.  Each of the dot
> locations in the code that you describe represents a color word, not the
> color, and therefore requires translation.
> 
> sincerely,
> Jimmie Flanagin
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lisa Yayla" <lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:33 AM
> Subject: [accessibleimage] Color code
> 
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > I've had an idea of how to color code information
> > for use , say, in adapted graphics.  It is a tool that
> > I thought could be used there.
> > I am writing hoping to get some feed back on this
> > idea.
> > Thanks,
> > Lisa
> >
> > Color coding
> >
> > This is a way to convey color information
> > in an graphic where this is desired.
> > The idea is to convey information, the idea is not
> > a way of experiencing color.
> > This would be useful where one wants to convey
> > information but have a limited amount of area.
> > The information is language independent. Therefore
> > one does not need to translate such things.
> >
> > The idea is that the code uses two Braille cells to convey the
> > information. Two variations, 6 point Braille and 8 point Braille.
> > Each point  in the first cell has a designated color information.
> > For 6 point Braille the second cell includes black, white, intensity
> > information and a marker point.
> > In 8 point  Braille the second cell is just intensity information and a
> > marker point.
> > Two  cells are always used.
> > In 6 point Braille point 6 of the second cell is always used, as a marker.
> > In 8 point Braille point 8 of the second cell is always used, as a marker.
> >
> > The intensity could also be decided from before using
> > scales.
> >
> > with 6 point
> > First cell color primary and secondary color
> > Point 1 is yellow
> > point 2 is red
> > point 3 is blue
> > point 4 is purple
> > point 5 is green
> > point 6 is orange
> >
> > 6 point
> > Second cell intensity
> > point 1 is white
> > point 2 is black
> > point 3 is light
> > point 4 is medium
> > point 5 is dark
> > point 6 is a marker, and always used
> >
> >
> > With 8 point Braille
> > First cell color primary and secondary
> >
> > point 1 yellow
> > point 2 red
> > point 3 blue
> > point 4 white
> > point 5 purple
> > point 6 green
> > point 7 orange
> > point 8 black
> >
> > 8 point Braille
> > Second cell  intensity (shows grade of intensity, saturation)
> > point 1 light
> > point 2 darker
> > point 3 more dark
> > point 4 darker than
> > point 5 darker than 4
> > point 6 darker than 5
> > point 7 darker than
> > point 8 marker point
> >
> > Thanks for reading.
> > Regards,
> > Lisa
> >
> >
> > Lisa Yayla
> > Huseby Kompetansesenter
> > Oslo Norway
> > lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >

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