Research Symposium

BIO

My name is Olivia and I'm a second year majoring in Computer Science. I enjoy problem solving, learning about random topics that interest me, and traveling/experiencing new things. Although I’m planning on entering the tech industry as a software engineer in the near future, I hope to start my own business one day in an unrelated field.

Color Your Commute: A Guide to Colorful Transit Lines

Abstract

Transit maps are a useful tool in navigating transportation. Despite its necessity, many
maps, including the FSU bus system, are difficult to read and especially inaccessible to
those with color vision deficiencies. As a result, we produce a program that can
dynamically generate a set of colors. Our program generates n colors that are different
from each other; these colors are different for both the average population as well as for
colorblind individuals. To produce an optimal set of colors, we used a perceptually
uniform color space, Oklab, to accurately maximize the minimum Euclidean distance
between any two colors from the set of colors for those with deuteranopia. After
accounting for a common color vision deficiency, we further optimize our color set for
normal vision and then integrate our color generating program into a functional
website, giving users the opportunity to interact with our code. When we compare our
program’s generated colors to FSU’s transit map, we perceive a noticeable improvement
in color contrasts.

Keywords: transit, map, color