Usability and Color Considerations

 

The Foundations of Web Design textbook highlights CSS design approaches to coding links, in which navigational elements display varying colors depending on whether or not they were visited by the user. However, CSS navigational elements using color are only one illustration of how color can be used to enhance usability.

In a Microsoft Word document, write a short essay on the role of color in usability and how it can be used from both a cognitive and affective perspective. In this essay, your submission is not limited to color in relation to CSS. Rather, you can describe all aspects of color that play an influential role in Web design. Consult and cite passages from e-books in the Capella online library that support your opinions and findings.

• Research this topic and include at least three references from articles, books, or Web sites to support your paper.
• SCORING:
• Evaluate the visual elements of a Web site, particularly the use of color.  25% 
• Describe the role of color in usability from a cognitive perspective. 25%
• Describe the role of color in usability from an affective perspective. 25% 
• Follow APA style and format guidelines for resources and  citation, 
• and create a document that is clearly and professionally  written 
• and generally free of grammatical errors.    25%