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The development of intelligent automobiles puts forward higher requirements for HMI design. The information obtained by drivers through vision accounts for 80%. As a key part of visual perception, color affects driving performance. This article investigates vehicle interface design about icon-background contrast. Three colors commonly used in car-machine interface are chosen: red, green and blue, and contrast is divided into five levels under daytime and nighttime. The participants tested three colors and the five contrasts in an experiment using classic paradigm of secondary tasks. We collected data from their driving behavior and subjective experience, trying to find a most appropriate value. The results show that recommended contrast values under different lighting conditions are 3:1 to 4:1 for red, blue, and green during the day; 3:1 for red at night, and 5:1 for blue and green, so that the vehicle central console color design references are formed.
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This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Program (No. 2018YFB1004903); Tongji University Excellent Experimental Teaching Program and Tongji University Graduate Education Research and Reform Project (No. 2020JC35); and was funded by the National Social Science Fund (No. 19FYSB040), Shanghai Automobile Industry Science and Technology Development Foundation (No. 1717).
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You, F. et al. (2021). Interface Color Design of Intelligent Vehicle Central Console. In: Ahram, T.Z., Falcão, C.S. (eds) Advances in Usability, User Experience, Wearable and Assistive Technology. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 275. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80091-8_93
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