[accessibleimage] Re: Color code

Lisa, if you are looking for a method of color coding information, may I
share with you a color code system which I developed and patented . The
color system does not use braille notation but rather lines in three
orientations to represent the primary colors. A combination of these lines
creates symbols for secondary and tertiary colors. The system also covers
light and dark colors as well as black and grey colors. The initial US
Patent was issued in 1987 giving only the basic principles of the system but
since then many other features of the system have been developed. We are
presently preparing a comprehensive publication but I would be pleased to
discuss the system prior to its issue.

Ed Anczurowski

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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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