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I don't show as colorblind on any of the tests, but on some monitors I can't distinguish this shade of green (https://htmlcolorcodes.com/colors/nyanza/ https://
by phaedrus 3y ago
I don't show as colorblind on any of the tests, but on some monitors I can't distinguish this shade of green (https://htmlcolorcodes.com/colors/nyanza/ https://htmlcolorcodes.com/colors/nyanza/) - or any paler green - from white. I worked at a place which used an alternating white/green background pattern to distinguish data rows (because company branding was a darker similar shade of green). Moreover the coding culture there was to favor manually created (not programmatic) data grids if the information was static, so it was manually colored. I was always getting asked, "why did you break the color pattern?" and my response would be, "what pattern?"
The funny thing is we were supposed to be making Ada compliant websites. But I guess it didn't prevent using the website, just an aesthetic choice. Or "can't see one specific shade of green" isn't a disability.
For what it's worth I also have never been entirely convinced "navy blue" is different from "black" and that the existence of navy blue as a distinct color isn't some elaborate joke being played on me. Someone gave me a pack of dress socks of all different shades of grey, black, and navy blue as a Christmas gift, and they meant well but do not know the apprehension they caused.
- al_borland 3y agoI prefer my navy blue stuff to be a slightly lighter shade than sometimes used. For a really dark navy, I’d need to have a known black reference, and a lot of light, to determine the color. And that light green just looks tan to me (kind of like the background here on HN), or like a normal monitor with the blue light blocking turned on.