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Today is Colour Blind Awareness Day. How aware are you?

Posted by: Design102 team, Posted on: 6 September 2019 - Categories: Creative, Services
A split screen featuring the same image displayed twice side by side but in two colour variants. The left side shows a portrait view of a wedge of a yellow lemon fruit open to the left stacked above a wedge of a green lime fruit open to the right, both are displayed with splashes of light blue water radiating from dark green leaves set behind the fruit, all against a white background. The same image on the right is colour corrected to display how a person with Protanopia type colour blindness may view it to give a clear comparison of how indistinguishable particular colours can be and therefore how the ‘green’ lime fruit appears to be the same yellow as the lemon fruit and is therefore indistinguishable from the lemon fruit.

At Design102, we strive to design comprehensively, considerately and effectively. Explore colour vision deficiency and learn our design ‘top tips’ for colour blind awareness and how to design for the inclusive requirements of a diverse audience.

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