: I'm color blind. "We" like graphics being discriminated using color just as much as "you" - it's just there are fewer colors in our world than yours. Here's a pragmatic suggestion in the

@Berumen635

I'm color blind. "We" like graphics being discriminated using color just as much as "you" - it's just there are fewer colors in our world than yours. Here's a pragmatic suggestion in the spirit of the 80/20 rule.

If your first type of color sensors (proto) don't work your vision is proto-anopic. If they just misbehave a bit you're proto-anomolous. Repeat for the other two types of color sensor and substitute 'deuter' or 'trito' for 'proto'. (I think these are Greek for 1,2,3).

The pragmatic opportunity arises from the fact that deuteranomaly is very much more prevalent than the other types; 5% of all males. The others score less than 1% in males, and even less in females. So a simple solution for us deuteranomalists goes a long way - I personally don't want to have to configure colors myself just to be able to see a difference in the lines on a graph. (Which happens ALL the time).

I've included below a small set of colors that I can see the difference between effortlessly. I've tried unsuccessfully to put more in - so that gives you an idea of how small the palette needs to be.

Nb. Don't forget it's no use referring to these colors by name in the user experience you create. For us Deuts - it seems as if "you" have invented a great many needlessly duplicated names for pretty much the same colours :-)

rgb(255, 204, 153)

rgb(204, 204, 255)

rgb(255, 102, 102)

rgb(139, 230, 2)

red

yellow

rgb(51, 51, 255)

rgb(153, 153, 153)

rgb(153, 0, 0)

rgb(51, 51, 51)

rgb(0, 0, 102)

rgb(120, 102, 75)

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