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I'm pretty color deficient. I have trouble reading charts and graphs. Anything I make that's color coded uses vastly different color so that at least I can tell

I'm pretty color deficient. I have trouble reading charts and graphs. Anything I make that's color coded uses vastly different color so that at least I can tell them apart. My UI/UX portfolio is "unique" to say the least. Subtle differences in color impossible. Can I tell the difference from Salmon or Melon? no way. Consequently I have developed a much different relationship to color than most. I tend to ignore it mostly. eg: My friend came to visit me in NYC and asked which train to take into Manhattan, I told him "Take the Q" and he said "the yellow train?" I realized that he had never really looked at the letters I had never really looked at the colors. I still have the same "emotional response" to color (i associate green with life) but I have trouble with the informational side. One last anecdote, my first "tech job" was tech support for Adobe Acrobat in the early 2000's. It was right when a great deal of the printing industry was switching to PDF's. Periodically I would get the calls related to color correction, and I was generally no help as I couldn't tell which color profile was making the print out too green.

lb1lf 9y ago
I, too, am severely chromatographically challenged. At a former employer, I wound up being a part-time guinea pig for our UX staff - to the best of my knowledge, we were the only major SCADA player to have dedicated GUI colour schemes for colour deficients. The downside? A number of phone calls to our support hotline made by customers who had accidentally switched to, say, the tritanopia-optimized palette. They generally went along the lines of "Geez, did you guys hire some colour-blind dimwit to do your displays?" -"Matter of fact, we did." -"Oh."
- leipert 9y ago
  We recently had a look at these palettes: * Article: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/ http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/ * 7-color palette: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes.trivial.png http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes... * 12-color palette: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes.simple.png http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes... * 15-color palette: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes.png http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes... Can you or the grandparent elaborate whether they are working for you? We always try to combine color with an icon, e.g. green - check vs red - X, so that people having problems with colors are able to differentiate.
  - extra88 9y ago
    Yes, it's best to avoid using color alone. From the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG): "1.4.1 Use of Color: Color is not used as the only visual means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element." [0] BTW despite the name, the WCAG are useful for non-web design. [0] https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#visual-audio-contrast-without-color https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#visual-audio...
  - lb1lf 9y ago
    I am tritanope, with a (very mild) deuteranopia on top for good measure. The 7-colour palette works well - I can see seven separate hues (well, eight if you count the black.) The hardest ones to tell apart are the vermillion and reddish purple - I don't think I'd be able to tell the difference unless I had both in front of me simultaneously. The 12- and 15-colour palettes don't do much for me. Kudos for not using colour as the only cue!
  - DigitalJack 9y ago
    I can tell the Bluish Green from Reddish Purple if they are side by side, but in isolation, I wouldn’t know which was which. This is on the 7 color scheme. I didn’t look at the others.
icantdrive55 9y ago
I am color blind too. I believe it's reds, greens, browns, oranges, yellow. It's a lot of colors, but not completely color blind. I've been a union electrician, and telecommunications tech. I did have trouble with the different shades of wire. It got worse when the job had different brands of the same wire on the job site. I realized early on, I always needed to carry an array of wires with labels on them in my overalls, and a flash light, with an extra set of batteries. I never told anyone, and never had a mixup, that I know of. I was especially careful of the high voltage stuff. BOY--brown, orange, and yellow. The higher the voltage, the easier the colors were for myself. My grandfather was completely color blind. Had to memorize the position of the traffic lights. He was a successful Printer for years. Whenever he was unsure of a page, he would ask the closest person next to him. He once told me, people love to give advice on color, and aesthetics.

lb1lf 9y ago

I, too, am severely chromatographically challenged. At a former employer, I wound up being a part-time guinea pig for our UX staff - to the best of my knowledge, we were the only major SCADA player to have dedicated GUI colour schemes for colour deficients. The downside? A number of phone calls to our support hotline made by customers who had accidentally switched to, say, the tritanopia-optimized palette. They generally went along the lines of "Geez, did you guys hire some colour-blind dimwit to do your displays?" -"Matter of fact, we did." -"Oh."

leipert 9y ago
We recently had a look at these palettes: * Article: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/ http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/ * 7-color palette: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes.trivial.png http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes... * 12-color palette: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes.simple.png http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes... * 15-color palette: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes.png http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes... Can you or the grandparent elaborate whether they are working for you? We always try to combine color with an icon, e.g. green - check vs red - X, so that people having problems with colors are able to differentiate.
- extra88 9y ago
  Yes, it's best to avoid using color alone. From the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG): "1.4.1 Use of Color: Color is not used as the only visual means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element." [0] BTW despite the name, the WCAG are useful for non-web design. [0] https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#visual-audio-contrast-without-color https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#visual-audio...
- lb1lf 9y ago
  I am tritanope, with a (very mild) deuteranopia on top for good measure. The 7-colour palette works well - I can see seven separate hues (well, eight if you count the black.) The hardest ones to tell apart are the vermillion and reddish purple - I don't think I'd be able to tell the difference unless I had both in front of me simultaneously. The 12- and 15-colour palettes don't do much for me. Kudos for not using colour as the only cue!
- DigitalJack 9y ago
  I can tell the Bluish Green from Reddish Purple if they are side by side, but in isolation, I wouldn’t know which was which. This is on the 7 color scheme. I didn’t look at the others.

icantdrive55 9y ago

I am color blind too. I believe it's reds, greens, browns, oranges, yellow. It's a lot of colors, but not completely color blind. I've been a union electrician, and telecommunications tech. I did have trouble with the different shades of wire. It got worse when the job had different brands of the same wire on the job site. I realized early on, I always needed to carry an array of wires with labels on them in my overalls, and a flash light, with an extra set of batteries. I never told anyone, and never had a mixup, that I know of. I was especially careful of the high voltage stuff. BOY--brown, orange, and yellow. The higher the voltage, the easier the colors were for myself. My grandfather was completely color blind. Had to memorize the position of the traffic lights. He was a successful Printer for years. Whenever he was unsure of a page, he would ask the closest person next to him. He once told me, people love to give advice on color, and aesthetics.