On using Colors in UML Models

Gefei Zhang

2017

Abstract

Using colors has been recognized by Software Engineering research as helpful to make graphical software models more comprehensible. However, guidelines of where and how to use colors have been only little investigated yet. In this paper, we give two simple examples and propose some guidelines of where and how to use colors in UML models efficiently. Our guidelines may provide valuable help to use colors as a visual aid of software models and thus reduce the cognitive load of software developers in Model Driven Engineering.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Zhang G. (2017). On using Colors in UML Models . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-210-3, pages 509-514. DOI: 10.5220/0006262605090514

in Bibtex Style

@conference{modelsward17,
author={Gefei Zhang},
title={On using Colors in UML Models},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2017},
pages={509-514},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006262605090514},
isbn={978-989-758-210-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - On using Colors in UML Models
SN - 978-989-758-210-3
AU - Zhang G.
PY - 2017
SP - 509
EP - 514
DO - 10.5220/0006262605090514