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This paper proposed an approach by using the color layering strategy to classify the interface information of HUD, based on the designing of aircraft HUD. The hue attribute of color was used as the breakthrough. The icon search experiment was utilized and the background color in the hue ring was selected every 60° The foreground color is determined according to three color levels, 180°, 120° and 60°, which are different from the background color. We explored the effect of color level on search performance and found the optimal combination of foreground and background colors. The results revealed that the search performance was highest when the background was red, and the foreground was green and yellow.
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Wu, J., Li, C., Xue, C. (2023). How the Color Level of HUD Affects Users’ Search Performance: An Ergonomic Study. In: Harris, D., Li, WC. (eds) Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 14017. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35392-5_27
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