This study investigated the effects of color cues as well as the absence of such cues on the recognition of visual images using as subjects 28 college students in a basic communications course. The stimulus materials were slides in three categories: (1) original color (realistic), (2) black and white, and (3) non-realistic color format. Subjects were individually shown 140 stimulus slides for intervals of .5 seconds each. As an immediate post-test each subject was shown the series of stimulus materials plus distractors. A similar recognition session was conducted two weeks later. Analysis of variance procedures were applied to a treatment by subjects design, and in those cases where a significant F-ratio at the .05 level was indicated, further analyses were conducted between all possible pairs of means via a modified "LSD" test. Both color modes were superior to the black and white mode in facilitating immediate recognition of visuals. After a period of two weeks, however, only the non-realistic color mode resulted in significantly higher recognition scores. (VT)