Being a Color Blind Designer
back-and-forth represents a collaborative form of deep work (common in academic circles) that leverages what I call the whiteboard effect. For some types of problems, working with someone else at the proverbial shared whiteboard can push you deeper than if you were working alone. The presence of the other party waiting for your next insight—be it s
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Design for Color Blindness
Things To Keep In Mind
✅ Red-/green deficiencies are more common in men.
✅ Use blue if you want users to perceive color as you do.
✅ Use any 2 colors as long as they vary by lightness.
✅ Colorbrlind users can tell red and green apart.
✅ Colorbrlind users can’t tell dark green and brown apart.
✅ Colorbrlind users can’t tell red a
Design with colorblind in mind
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic • Storytelling With Data
Check your images and Web sites with www.vischeck.com or colorfilter.wickline.org to see how they will look to someone who is color-blind.
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There are a number of sites and applications with colorblindness simulators that allow you to see what your visual looks like through colorblind eyes.