How colors in business dashboards affect users' decision making
Communications of the ACMPublished 23 March 2016
Palash Bera
Citations38
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Business dashboards that overuse or misuse colors cause cognitive overload for users who then take longer to make decisions, leading to delays in making decisions.
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Business dashboards that overuse or misuse colors cause cognitive overload for users who then take longer to make decisions.
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