Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
And how about patch cords that start out one colour and end up another with a smooth blend all the way along? Then you could identify different cords as well as know which way they were going.
Color really makes things stand out, especially in a black and white
patch. So my question is, what would this color fade be communicating? A fade would stand out even more than a solid color, IMHO. What is that fade communicating and is it more important that other elements, like the object box, the inlets/outlets, the text in the boxes, etc.
I guess just a quick way to tell which end is which. For instance the originating end could be redder and the terminating end could be bluer (and outlets would be red and inlets blue). Or colour saturation could decline along the cord. It may be more useful if a mouseover made the colours appear, otherwise everything stays black.
Martin