I'm curious whether many of us who do design or take design decisions have ever heard of this problem. I'm aware there are dangerous color combinations, like green + red. This is probably one of the most popular cases of color blindness. If you have green text on a red background and vice versa some people won't see anything. I've also...
It is common to represent status of an item in a GUI using the colors: red, yellow, green, to mean error, warning, and OK (or something equivalent). However, 7-10% of men have difficulty distinguishing between red and green because of color blindness. So far I've looked at Color Scheme Designer which simulates how people with different...
Is there a way to test if a GUI is usable for color blind person? I know that it has many degrees and I guess that's why simply doing a screenshot in black & white is not the best way to test the usability of a GUI for a color blind person. What is the best way or best tool to do it? ...
Quick question: At this website here http://www.vischeck.com/examples/ there are a few pictures of numbers hidden within another color to test for color blindness. Is there any way that these images can be generated algorithmically? ...
If so, how do you (if you guys are around) handle the issue? I just heard a story today about a Japanese smoke alarm for deaf people that uses the smell of wasabe to wake them, so I got curious. ...
My 9-5 job is as a software engineer so this usually isn't a problem for me, but I do know HTML and css and feel like I can come up with a decent layout if needed... The only problem is when it comes to selecting a color scheme for sites. Usually I will just find a site that has colors that I think look nice and most likely aren't weir...