Legilibity : it's not all black and white

Audio file
Contributors
Date Recorded
1993-01-15
Date Digitized
2024
Genre
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Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
00:52:50
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction to the topic; discussion of cigarette packaging

03:30 Discussion of studies on perception

06:30 Discussion of eyesight, relation to distance perception

08:00 Discussion of the mechanisms of Nilsson's study

11:30 Discussion of further studies ordered by Health and Wellness Canada

15:00 Discussion of the results from the followup study

17:30 Discussion of legibility from indirect angles

18:30 Discussion of matte finishes impact on legibility

22:30 Discussion of packaging on antihistamines

24:00 Discussion of the Canadian Space Agency

26:30 Discussion of the impact of colour on legibility

29:00 Discussion of symbols used in Nilsson's study

31:00 Discussion of packaging for PEI potatoes

32:00 Discussion of colour temperatures

33:30 Discussion of binocular microscopes

35:00 Question period; question regarding standard deviations

36:00 Question regarding a study on the legibility of road signs

37:30 Question regarding secondary reflections

38:30 Question regarding perception of distance

40:30 Question regarding recommendations from the study

42:00 Question regarding lighting conditions and their impact on colour-related legibility

43:30 Question regarding standardisation of colour combinations

45:30 Question regarding the logistics of the study

48:00 Question regarding the limits of perception

48:30 Question regarding the legibility of symbols

51:00 Comment on being approached for a study as opposed to having to solicit funding

52:30 End of seminar