2.3 Example of Clause 5

To facilitate easy understanding of these requirements, each requirement has informative information and examples.

5.5.a) Information required to understand and operate Web content shall not rely on colour alone.

Example 2: To make pie chart understandable, use leading lines to indicate the area. Figure 21 shows this example. In figure 21 a), leading lines are used to associate text labels with each area.

Good pie-chart uses leading lines to distinguish each area. Bad pie-chart uses color to distinguish each area.
a) An example with leading lines b) Distinction is difficult as it relies on colours alone
Figure 21: Display of a chart

Takayuki Watanabe and Tatuo Seki
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