USABILITY Group Project: Colour in Design.

I’ve been reading Edward Tufte’s book “Envisioning Information”, which has some pertinent comments to make about the use of colour. He says that the fundamental uses of colour in design are:

to label (colour as noun)
to measure (colour as quantity)
to represent or imitate reality (colour as representation)
to enliven or decorate (colour as beauty)


He uses this Swiss map to demonstrate these principles and maintains that “The Swiss maps are excellent because they are governed by good ideas and executed with superb craft.”











High ideals to meet (it is a map of the Matterhorn) but sound principles to bear in mind, even with this small group project.