U1.06

Lightness and Saturation Encoding

Cards in this group · 5

  1. U1.06.1Lightness carries order — the first-choice colour dimension for ordinal data
  2. U1.06.2The same lightness reads as different values on light and dark backgrounds
  3. U1.06.3Saturation supports fewer discriminable levels than lightness
  4. U1.06.4Lightness and saturation changes are read as one strength dimension
  5. U1.06.5Saturation differences are nearly invisible on small marks