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In many products, setting notification channels on mute is a default, rather than an exception. The reason for that is their high frequency, which creates disruptions and eventually notification fatigue, when any popping messages get dismissed instantly.There is a good reason for it: high frequency of notifications. In usability testing, its the most frequent complaint, yet every app desperately tries to capture a glimpse of our attention, sending more notifications our way. Lets see how we could make the notifications UX slightly better.This article is part of our ongoing series on UX. You can find more details on design patterns and UX strategy in Smart Interface Design Patterns with live UX training coming up soon. Jump to table of contents.The Many Faces Of NotificationsNotifications are distractions by nature; they bring a users attention to a (potentially) significant event they arent aware of or might want to be reminded of. As such, they can be very helpful and relevant, providing assistance and bringing structure and order to the daily routine. Until they are not.Not every communication option is a notification. As Kim Salazar rightfully noted, Status communication often relies on validation, status indicators, and notifications. While they are often considered to be similar, they are actually quite different.In general, notifications can be either informational (calendar reminders, delay notifications, election night results) or encourage action (approve payment, install an update, confirm a friend request). They can stream from various sources and have various impacts.UI notifications appear as subtle cards in UIs as users interact with the web interface as such, they are widely accepted and less invasive than some of their counterparts.In-browser push notifications are more difficult to dismiss, and draw attention to themselves even if the user isnt accessing the UI.In-app notifications live within desktop and mobile apps, and can be as humble as UI notifications, but can take a more central role with messages pushed to the home screen or the notifications center.OS notifications such as software updates or mobile carrier changes also get in the mix, often appearing together with a wide variety of notes, calendar updates, and everything in between.Finally, notifications can find their way into email, SMS, and social messaging apps, coming from chatbots, recommendation systems, and actual humans.But we dont pay the same amount of attention to every notification. It can take weeks until they eventually install a software update prompted by their OS notification, or just a few hours to confirm or decline a new LinkedIn request.Not Every Notification Is EqualThe level of attention users grant to notifications depends on their nature, or, more specifically, how and when notifications are triggered. People care more about new messages from close friends and relatives, bank transactions and important alerts, calendar notifications, and any actionable and awaited confirmations or releases.People care less about news updates, social feed updates, announcements, new features, crash reports, promotional and automated messages in general. Most importantly, a message from another human being is always valued much higher than any automated notification.Design For Levels Of SeverityAs Sara Vilas suggests, we can break down notification design across three levels of severity: high, medium, and low attention. And then, notification types need to be further defined by specific attributes on those three levels, whether they are alerts, warnings, confirmations, errors, success messages, or status indicators.High AttentionAlerts (immediate attention required),Errors (immediate action required),Exceptions (system anomalies, something didnt work),Confirmations (potentially destructive actions that need user confirmation to proceed).Medium AttentionWarnings (no immediate action required),Acknowledgments (feedback on user actions),Success messages.Low AttentionInformational messages (aka passive notifications, something is ready to view),Badges (typically on icons, signifying something new since last interaction),Status indicators (system feedback).Taking it one step further, we can map the attention against the type of messaging we are providing very similar to Zendesk's mapping tone above, which plots impact against the type of messaging, and shows how the tone should adjust becoming more humble, real, distilled or charming.So, notifications can be different, and different notifications are perceived differently; however, the more personal, relevant, and timely notifications are, the higher engagement we should expect.Start Sending Notifications Slowly But SteadilyIts not uncommon to sign up, only to realize a few moments later that the inbox is filling up with all kinds of irrelevant messages. Thats exactly the wrong thing to do. A study by Facebook showed that sending fewer notifications improved user satisfaction and long-term usage of a product.Initially, once the notification rate was reduced, there was indeed a loss of traffic, but it has gradually recovered over time, and after an extended period, it had fully recovered and even turned out to be a gain.A good starting point is to set up a slow default notification frequency for different types of customers. As the customer keeps using the interface, we could ask them to decide on the kind of notifications theyd prefer and their frequency.Send notifications slowly, and over time slowly increase and/or decrease the number of notifications per type of customer. This might work much better for our retention rates.Dont Rely On Generic Defaults: Set Up Notification ModesTypically, users can opt in and opt out of every single type of notification in their settings. In general, its a good idea, but it can also be very overwhelming and not necessarily clear how important each notification is. Alternatively, we could provide predefined recommended options, perhaps with a calm mode (low frequency), a regular mode (medium frequency), and a power-user mode (high frequency).As time passes, the format of notifications might need adjustments as well. Rather than having notifications sent one by one as events occur, users could choose a summary mode, with all notifications grouped into a single standalone message delivered at a particular time each day or every week.Thats one of the settings that Slack provides when it comes to notifications; in fact, the system adapts the frequency of notifications over time, too. Initially, as Slack channels can be quite silent, the system sends notifications for every posted message.As activities become more frequent, Slack recommends reducing the notification level so the user will be notified only when they are actually mentioned.Make Notification Settings A Part Of OnboardingWe could also include frequency options in our onboarding design. A while back Basecamp, for example, has introduced Always On and Work Can Wait options as a part of their onboarding, so new customers can select if they wish to receive notifications as they occur (at any time), or choose specific time ranges and days when notifications can be sent.Or, the other way around, we could ask users when they dont want to be disturbed, and suspend notifications at that time. Not every customer wants to receive work-related notifications outside of business hours or on the weekend, even if their colleagues might be working extra hours on Friday night on the other side of the planet.Allow Users To Snooze Or Pause NotificationsUsers context changes continuously. If you notice an unusual drop in engagement rate, or if youre anticipating an unusually high volume of notifications coming up (a birthday, wedding anniversary, or election night, perhaps), consider providing an option to mute, snooze, or pause notifications, perhaps for the next 24 hours.This might go very much against our intuition, as we might want to re-engage the customer if theyve gone silent all of a sudden, or we might want to maximize their engagement when important events are happening. However, its easy to reach a point when a seemingly harmless notification will steer a customer away, long term.Another option would be to suggest a change of medium used to consume notifications. Users tend to associate different levels of urgency with different channels of communication.In-app notifications, push notifications, and text messages are considered to be much more intrusive than good ol email, so when frequency exceeds a certain threshold, you might want to nudge users towards a switch from push notifications to daily email summaries.Wrapping UpAs always in design, timing matters, and so do timely notifications. Start slowly, and evolve your notification frequency depending on how exactly a user actually uses the product. For every type of user, set up notification profiles: frequent users, infrequent users, one-week-experience users, one-month-experience users, and so on.And whenever possible, allow your users to snooze and mute notifications for a while. Eventually, you might even want to suggest a change in the medium used to consume notifications. 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A universally accessible color triad that works in traditional &amp; perceptually uniform colorspaces.Exploring the ChatGPT-5 Perceptual Triad Color Harmony Suggestion.Given the challenge that the Claude chatbot faced in specifying a perceptual uniform Triad color harmony that passes color deficiency, I decided to explore how ChatGPT-5 might handle this request. ChatGPT-5 provided a straightforward solution that works in both traditional and perceptual uniform color spaces. I describe this amazing solution here. Lets begin our journey by first defining the concepts of a triad color harmony, perceptual uniformity and color deficiency. From there, the ChatGPT-5 color suggestion can be examined indetail.The Triad ColorHarmony:Color harmony is the process of choosing colors on a color wheel that work well together in the composition of an image. Like concepts in music, these harmonies are based around color combinations on the color wheel that help to provide common guidelines for how color hues will work together. Isaac Newton is credited with creating the color wheel concept when he closed the linear color spectrum into a color circle in the early 1700s. An illustration of his concept is shown below. Artists and color scientists evolved and amplified his concept to include color harmonies.Initial Color Circle concept developed by Issac Newton. Color Squares added by Theresa-Marie Rhyne for illustration purposes.Two color spaces frequently used to form the basis for color wheels are the traditional Red-Yellow-Blue (RYB) color space used by painters for centuries and the Red-Green-Blue (RGB) color space used for desktop and mobile display devices. The color spaces yield slightly different color harmony results when colorizing a data visualization. Three colors that are evenly spaced, at 120 degrees apart, on the color wheel form a triad color harmony. Below, I show a comparison of the two differing color spaces with a triad colorharmony.Comparison of the two differing color spaces with a triad colorharmony.In a previous writing, I showed that many Generative AI systems default to defining color harmonies in terms of the RYB color space but when prompted will specify color harmonies in RGB color space. Hue Saturation Value (HSV) and Hue Saturation Lightness (HSL) are two cylindrical coordinate color spaces that build on the RGB color space and are used in computer graphics. For this particular ChatGPT color suggestion, the recommendation steps beyond RYB, RGB, HSV and HSL color spaces to consider perceptual uniformity.Perceptual Uniformity:A color space is perceptually uniform if a change of length in any direction X of the color space is perceived by a human as the same change. Unfortunately, Red-Yellow-Blue (RYB) and Red-Green-Blue (RGB) are not perceptually uniform color spaces. A non-uniform perceptual colormap can have stark contrasts when transitioning from one hue to another hue. In data visualization, these contrasts can be mistaken as changes in the data rather than as transitions in the color palette. As a result, many data visualization practitioners prefer to work in the perceptual uniform Lightness, Chroma, and Hue (LCH) or Hue Chroma Luminance (HCL) color space. Below, I show a comparison of non-perceptual uniform and perceptual uniform rainbow colormap example with color wheel diagrams of RGB and HCL color spaces. When the color wheel spectrums are converted to Grayscale, the non-uniformity of RGB and uniformity of HCL color spaces are clearly identifiable. In 2020, an improved perceptual uniform color space, entitled Oklab, was accepted as a World Wide Web consortium standard for use in developing digital content. As of April 25, 2025, Oklab and Oklch are now part of the World Wide Web Consortiums color standard.Comparison of Non-Perceptual Uniform and Perceptual Uniform Rainbow Colormaps with Color Wheel diagrams of RGB and HCL Color Spaces. When the Color Wheel spectrums are converted to Grayscale, the non-uniformity of RGB and uniformity of HCL Color Spaces is clearly identifiable. These illustrations are adapted from my book on Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization, 2nd edition, 2024, published by CRCPress.The HCL color space that is within the boundaries of the human visual spectrum is oddly shaped and far from geometrically regular. There are also some mapping challenges between HCL and RGB color spaces. It is possible to select an HCL color that cannot be displayed in RGB format. In a prior writing on Color in a Perceptual Uniform Way: Exploring the Hue Chroma Luminance (HCL) Color Space for Data Visualization, I discussed these issues in detail. Below I show my screenshots from Michael Horvaths 3D implementations of the RGB gamut (color range) for two polar coordinate versions of HCL: polarized CIE Luv and polarize CIE Lab. These illustrations show the irregular geometric form of HCL that results in the mathematical challenge to locate and map a color triad within this colorspace.Two Versions of Hue Chroma Luminance (HCL) Color Space: Polarized CIE Luv and Polarized CIE Lab. These 3D implementations were created by Michael Horvath under the free Creative Commonslicense.In 2020, two perceptually uniform color spaces entitled Oklab and Oklch were introduced by Bjrn Ottosson. This color space was widely accepted and is now supported in Web browsers. As of April 25, 2025, Oklab is now part of the World Wide Web Consortiums color standard.It is possible that three colors spaced evenly apart in HCL color spaces will not visually map to a color Triad with a digital design tool like Adobe Color. This is because the color wheels in Adobe Color are based on the RGB and RYB color models that we described earlier.What are Color Deficiencies?My earlier UX Collective and Nightingale writings on color highlighted that humans have three types of photoreceptors or cones. Each is sensitive to different parts of the visual spectrum of light to facilitate rich color vision. A color deficiency happens when one or more sets of cones does not function properly. A red cone deficiency is classified as Protanopia. A green cone deficiency is classified as Deuteranopia. A blue cone deficiency is classified as Tritanopia. Software is available that simulates color deficiencies. Color combinations or harmonies selected in a perceptual uniform color space might not pass color deficiency. Below, I show how the HCL color wheel appears to individuals with Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia. The Color Blindness Simulator (Coblis) online app was used to create theseresults.Color Deficiency Checks for the Hue Chroma Luminance (HCL) Color Wheel using the Color Blindness Simulator (Coblis).As a result, it is important to check a perceptual uniform color scheme suggestion for color deficiency.A Brief Overview of Generative AI Chatbots:Presently, there are five popular Generative AI chatbots in wide usage: OpenAIs ChatGPT, Microsofts Copilot, Googles Gemini, Anthropics Claude, and DeepSeek.. Users can ask these chatbots for assistance in tasks such as creating emails, essays, and code. For this writing, I am focusing on ChatGPT. The current version, GPT-5, was released on August 7, 2025. The latest version is defined as a unified system that can automatically switch between different models (including a reasoning model and a real-time router) depending on the complexity of a users query. Josh Howarth provides an excellent overview of the advances related to ChatGPT-5. The basic versions of these chatbots are free with the premium services costing around $20 per month. DeepSeek is currently providing one level of free access. For this writing, I am using the free version ofChatGPT.The user Interface and pricing information for the ChatGPT Generative AI system. The basic version is free with the Plus version costing $20 permonth.Asking OpenAIs ChatGPT for assistance in specifying a perceptual uniform triad color harmony that passes color deficiency:As my first step, I asked ChatGPT-5 to Specify a perceptual uniform Triad color harmony that passes color deficiency with color hex codes. The chatbot responded with:A perceptually uniform triadic color harmony involves selecting three colors that are evenly spaced (120 apart) on the color wheel, while maintaining perceptual uniformity (colors appear evenly spaced to the human eye) and color deficiency safety (accessible to people with color vision deficiencies such as Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia).Heres a Triadic Color Scheme based on the Oklch color space (perceptually uniform, better than HSL or HSV), adjusted to be colorblind safe: Triadic Color Harmony (Colorblind-Safe)Color NameHex CodeDescriptionIndigo Blue#3B5BA0Cool and deep, bluebaseFern Green#5AA03BEarthy and fresh, greenbalanceFlame Orange#A05A3BWarm and grounded, orange/red base Color Deficiency Tested:Accessible to: Protanopia, Deuteranopia, TritanopiaTested with: Simulations (e.g., Coblis, color-blind checks)Contrast and distinction preserved across all major deficienciesHow toUse:These colors maintain contrast and distinctiveness in UIs, charts, infographics, or branding.For text on backgrounds, ensure contrast ratio 4.5:1 (adjust lightness ifneeded).Would you like these colors shown in a visual chart or compared against a background for readability?I responded to ChatGPT-5 with yes and received a visual representation of the perceptually uniform, colorblind-safe triadic color harmony that I show below with a snapshot of ChatGPT-5s actual response. I named the color scheme ChatGPT-5 Perceptual Triad.The ChatGPT-5 specified perceptual uniform triad color harmony that is intended to pass color deficiency. The colors specified in the triad are Indigo Blue #3B5BA0; Fern Green #5AA03B, and Flame Orange#A05A3B.Verifying ChatGPT-5s Perceptual Uniform ColorTriad:I decided to use the Adobe Color tool to visually map ChatGPT-5 Perceptual Triad and test it for color deficiency. As a reminder, the three (triad) colors ChatGPT specified are Indigo BlueFern GreenFlame Orange. These three elements clearly map and are verified as a triad on the traditional RGB color wheel. Additionally, individuals with Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia deficiencies can distinguish between the set of three colors. This is a rather amazing result. As I noted earlier, it is very possible that a color Triad in HCL color spaces might not visually map to a color Triad with a digital design tool like Adobe Color. Using the Oklch perceptually uniform color space, ChatGPT-5 has been able to suggest an accessible perceptual color triad that maps to three colors equally spaced apart in traditional and perceptually uniform color spaces. I show these resultsbelow.Using the Adobe Color app to verify the ChatGPT-5 Perceptual Triad of Indigo BlueFern GreenFlame Orange. These three elements clearly map as a triad on the color wheel. Additionally, individuals withDeuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia deficiencies can distinguish between the set of three colors. Deuteranopia indicates loss of Green cone, Protanopia indicates loss of Red cone, and Tritanopia indicates loss of Bluecone.Using Viz Palette to Explore the ChatGPT-5 Perceptual Triad for Data Visualization:Viz Palette is a free color assessment tool for exploring how color scheme designs might appear when applied to generic data visualization examples. As Elijah Meeks notes, it was designed to interface with several data color scheme research efforts. The app also includes color deficiency tests for Red cone (e.g. protanopia) and Green cone (e.g. deuteranopia) color deficiencies since this represents 99% of this population. I have found that entering the color Hex codes of a test color scheme directly into Viz Palette is one of the most effective ways to use the tool. Lets explore the results for the ChatGPT-5 suggestion.Below, I show ChatGPT-5 Perceptual Triad applied to the Viz Palette app, The color scheme suggestion passed Viz Palettes color deficiency tests for protanopia and deuteranopia.Applying the ChatGPT-5 Perceptual Triad to the Viz Palette app. This includes testing for Protanopia (Loss of Red Cone) and Deuteranopia (Loss of Green Cone) deficiencies. ChatGPT Perceptual Triad passes the Viz Palette color deficiency tests.A Recap of ChatGPT-5s efforts to specify a perceptual uniform Triad color harmony that passes color deficiency:Verifying the ChatGPT-5 Perceptual Triad passe color deficiency with the Adobe Color App. The color wheel displays the triad and color deficiency tests are successful. Here. Deuteranopia indicates loss of Green cone, Protanopia indicates loss of Red cone, and Tritanopia indicates loss of Bluecone.In the writing, I have explored how ChatGPT-5, a Generative AI chatbot, responds to the request to specify a perceptual uniform Triad color harmony that passes color deficiency. Three colors that are evenly spaced, at 120 degrees apart, on the color wheel form a triad color harmony. A color space is perceptually uniform if a change of length in any direction X of the color space is perceived by a human as the same change. Non-uniform perceptual color spaces like RGB and RYB can have stark contrasts when transitioning from one hue to another hue. In data visualization, these contrasts can be mistaken as changes in the data rather than as transitions in the color palette. As a result, many data visualization practitioners prefer to work in the perceptual uniform Lightness, Chroma, and Hue (LCH) or Hue Chroma Luminance (HCL) color space. A key issue with working in HCL space is that it is geometrically irregular and finding a color triad becomes a challenge to locate. ChatGPT-5 was able to smoothly address the required numerical challenges involved by using the recently released Oklch standard. The Generative AI system produced a valid color scheme suggestion that is a color triad in both traditional and perceptually uniform colorspaces.Humans have three types of photoreceptors or cones that support color vision. A color deficiency happens when one or more sets of cones does not function properly. A red cone deficiency is classified as Protanopia. A green cone deficiency is classified as Deuteranopia. A blue cone deficiency is classified as Tritanopia. Software is available that simulates color deficiencies. Here, I used the Adobe Color tool and Viz Palette to check for color deficiency in ChatGPT-5s color scheme suggestion.Using Oklch perceptual uniformity, ChatGPT -5 addressed these parameters by recommending a color triad harmony of Indigo Blue #3B5BA0; Fern Green #5AA03B, and Flame Orange #A05A3B. I then used the Adobe Color tool to successfully verify that ChatGPT-5s color scheme is a color triad that passed color deficiency. I also explored generic data visualization examples with Viz Palette. This is indeed a amazingly universal and accessible color triad recommendation made by ChatGPT-5.For additional discussions on my explorations with various Gen AI and color suggestion tools, please see my prior UX Collective and Nightingale writings as well as the 2nd Edition of my book on Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization, published December 19, 2024, by CRCPress.Author Profile:Theresa-Marie Rhyne is a Visualization Consultant with extensive experience in producing and colorizing digital media and visualizations. She has consulted with the Stanford University Visualization Group on a Color Suggestion Prototype System, the Center for Visualization at the University of California at Davis and the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah on applying color theory to Ensemble Data Visualization. Prior to her consulting work, she founded two visualization centers: (a) the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Scientific Visualization Center and (b) the Center for Visualization and Analytics at North Carolina State University.OKLCH with ChatGPT-5 was originally published in UX Collective on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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