[thelist] color blindness

[Baker, Nick]

Ron--
	IMHO, folks who are color blind are accustomed to seeing the way
they do, and it would be hard to judge matters of color preference for them.
The real issue re.: color blindness is contrast anong elements on a page. A
person who is red/green colorblind sees very little difference between red
and green, and so reddish text on a greenish background would be mostly
illegible.

		Nick


Nick Baker
Information and Training Officer
Business Services
The University of Montana
406-243-2253  Voice
406-243-4929 FAX
BakerN at mso.umt.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Jourard [mailto:ronjourard at home.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 10:27 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] color blindness


I'm redesigning and thinking of using a nav bar with different shades
of green. Apparently (tested on http://vischeck.com/runVischeck.php3),
these shades look brownish to the 10 per cent of the populace - who
suffer from color blindness. For those of you who do design work,
would this sway you to try a different color scheme?

Ron Jourard
Toronto, Canada
www.defencelaw.com


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