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One note for designers about color blindness - the "strong contrast" green dots (with one red one) example has essentially no contrast for those of us (~1 in 10
by pge 15y ago
One note for designers about color blindness - the "strong contrast" green dots (with one red one) example has essentially no contrast for those of us (~1 in 10 males) who are red-green color blind. All the dots appeared the same color until I saw the text which suggested one of them was different. Yellows and blues are safer color combinations to use if you are looking for contrast.
- jaysonelliot 15y agoVery good point about color blindness. When designing a site, I recommend that people run it through Vischeck - http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php Vischeck is both an online and downloadable tool that will show you how your design looks to people with varying types of color blindness.
- nonrecursive 15y agoThanks - I hadn't considered that. I'll add it to the list of improvements I'd like to make.
- munificent 15y agoMy rule of thumb is that if I'm using color to distinguish something, to never vary just hue. Always include a saturation or brightness change too.