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Sim Daltonism
Red is red, right? Wrong. There are some people out there (this humble blogger amongst them) who are color blind in one degree or another (I have a slight case of red/green colorblindness). This means you can't assume people see colors in the same way you do, which is very important when you're a designer. But what can a designer who sees in full color do in order to make sure their websites are legible to all those colorblind surfers out there? That's where Sim Daltonism comes in. This little donationware app simulates what the area around your mouse looks like to a person with a variety of different types of colorblindness.
[via Zeldman]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
David said 11:16AM on 10-12-2007
Interesting...I'm red-green color blind, so this app doesn't really help me. :-) Several of them look "normal" to me.
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Edward said 11:28AM on 10-12-2007
You seem to be grammar blind, too.
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ryan said 11:24AM on 10-12-2007
"would can" ??
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pixel said 11:25AM on 10-12-2007
Color Oracle ( http://colororacle.cartography.ch/ ) - an app that simulates color blindness is also worth checking.
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Donald Burr said 11:30AM on 10-12-2007
And you, sir, seem to be politeness blind.
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Scott McNulty said 11:33AM on 10-12-2007
Oops, fixed my little slip up in the post there (I typed would instead of what, which clearly means I should be mocked).
Thanks all!
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Mo said 11:38AM on 10-12-2007
I check everything that comes from our designers with Sim Daltonism—it's a fantastic little applet. Can't recommend it enough.
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Joe said 11:49AM on 10-12-2007
Jeffrey Zeldman also suggested this site
http://colorfilter.wickline.org/
It works well!
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George said 3:11PM on 10-12-2007
What an interesting utility, thanks!
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