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Re: Colour coding of building fabric dates

From:

Pat Reynolds <[log in to unmask]>

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The Forum for Information Standards in Heritage (FISH)

Date:

Fri, 6 Feb 2004 18:18:46 +0000

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Hi Kieron (and all) 

Yes, this is the site: www.vischeck.com.  I find it useful for teaching
people about colour blindness, as until you see pictures (such as the
'how many fruits can you see' one, it's difficult to 'get' what the
problem is), as well as for specifically teaching about accessible web
design.

Another thought I've had ... I think it can help improve intellectual
access if the colours chosen 'echo' the colours of fabrics involved
(this is for on-site interpretation, whether the plan/elevation is in a
guide book, or on fixed panels) - or at least, not contradict them.

With best wishes,

Pat
(day job: Museum Development Officer for Surrey, etc.,
earlier in the day job: research student (buildings archaeology),
University of York)


In message <[log in to unmask]>, Kieron Niven
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Pat,
>
>I think the site you may be thinking of is www.vischeck.com. It
>allows users to simulate 3 types of colourblindness on their own images /
>web sites for assessing accessibility, very useful indeed.
>
>Regards,
>
>Kieron
>
>
>>From: Pat Reynolds <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: "The Forum for Information Standards in Heritage (FISH)"          
>>     <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: [FISH] Colour coding of building fabric dates
>>Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:37:02 +0000
>>
>>I don't think that an 'agreed coding could work if colours were fixed at
>>absolute dates (e.g. 16th century = orange), but a relative scale (red
>>for earliest through to violet for latest, for example) might work.
>>
>>The actual colours to use are also important to meet accessibility
>>standards: colours should be selected which are perceived as distinct to
>>people with colour blindness, and no colour perception (see the RNIB
>>'see it right' guidelines for further information - there's also an
>>interesting website, whose url temporarily escapes me, that shows
>>pictures and diagrams as might be seen by people with various types of
>>colour blindness - it also advertises software which will take your
>>diagram and change its colours so they become distinct. The tone to be
>>used will be partially determined by context: the bright sunlight (????)
>>occasionally experienced in a site interpretation plaque at 1m from the
>>viewer calls for different tones than a paper plan, and a computer
>>screen is so dependent on users that specification is meaningless!
>>
>>The history of a building will also, perhaps, determine which colour
>>represents which date.  Based on the principles of good cartography, you
>>may not wish to place colours similar in hue and tone close together -
>>and in one building 11th and 12th century may be close together and 13th
>>distinct, while in another 11th and 13th my be close together, but 12th
>>distinct (bother those people in the past, why couldn't they build nice
>>logical buildings!)
>>
>>With best wishes,
>>
>>Pat
>>
>>In message <002601c3eb49$77490540$f071e150@johnwin2k>, john winstone
>><[log in to unmask]> writes
>> >    Is there yet an agreed colour coding for the dates of building
>> >    fabric when preparing historic building surveys?
>> >     
>> >    I suppose this could simply be a series of colours for periods 1
>> >    and onwards. Alternatively, by centuries, or simply a sequence of
>> >    colours that the building historian could apply to the dated
>> >    sequence in hand. I could of course invent one, but it seems to me
>> >    it would be a great help in reading drawings for there to be an
>> >    agreed sequence for all to use and so recognise.
>> >     
>> >    This is not of course as straightforward as it sounds. Simple
>> >    enough with plan and section projections, but as far as surfaces
>> >    are concerned - floors or walls for instance where fabric dates may
>> >    vary from the enclosing walls - I think they need to be light tints
>> >    of the period in question. Otherwise a rendering easily becomes
>> >    garish.
>> >     
>> >    Can anyone tell me where I could find such an agreed code, if I've
>> >    missed it please.
>> >     
>> >    John Winstone RIBA IHBC
>>
>>--
>>Pat Reynolds
>>[log in to unmask]
>>    "It might look a bit messy now,
>>                     but just you come back in 500 years time"
>>    (T. Pratchett)
>
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