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Examining Classic Color Harmony Versus Translucency Color Guidelines for Layered Surface Visualization

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This paper considers certain aspects of the role of color in isosurface-based volume visualization. A primary concern is examining guidelines for colors in layered translucent surface visualization introduced by House et al. [1] and Ebert et al. [2, 3]. These guidelines are considered against an existing classic rule (guideline) about color choices in visual presentations to determine their applicability for isosurface volume renderings. The classic guideline is based on the rules of color harmony introduced by Itten [4]. The examinations are based on evaluation by human observers.

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    Sussan Einakian & Timothy S. Newman

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  2. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA

    Richard Boyle

  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA

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  4. Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, USA

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  5. University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

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  6. IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA

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  7. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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  8. Side Effects Software, Santa Monica, California, USA

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  10. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

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  11. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA

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  12. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA

    Gunther Weber

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Einakian, S., Newman, T.S. (2015). Examining Classic Color Harmony Versus Translucency Color Guidelines for Layered Surface Visualization. In: Bebis, G., et al. Advances in Visual Computing. ISVC 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9474. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27857-5_29

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