[accessibleimage] Re: Color code

Thanks Lisa ... I love to talk about color and information processing.  But
there are some definite barriers to communicating about this topic.  You
mentioned numbers as not being language dependent, but numbers are a
language too ... symbols that convey meaning.
If I am reading you correctly, it seems that what you mean is your code
would be independent of any specific language such as Russian, Norwegian,
English, Esperanto, etc.  Yes?  Did I understand?

Sincerely,
Jimmie
ps ... any idea why my original post didn't show up in my mailbox?  I only
received your reply to it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa Yayla" <fnugg@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:39 AM
Subject: [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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