andy206uk — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:54:40 +0000

webchat;217456 wrote: And remember, 8% of all men are color blind.

Really? I didn't realise the numbers were that high! jesus, I'll bear that in mind in future - thanks for the contrast tip as well!

webchat — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:44:20 +0000

Being red/green color blind myself and therefore having researched this and discussed with other color blind people here's how I develop sites...

Take a screen grab of whatever you design - load it into a graphics program and convert it to monochrome. If there are texts on backgrounds etc that are difficult to read then they are the ones to work on because it all comes down to contrast for color blind people.

It may be glaringly obvious to you that you have yellow on a green background - to a red/green color blind person it's all of a mush...

So I wouldn't worry about all those filters and stuff at that page - just do the monochrome test - it works every time.

And remember, 8% of all men are color blind. That's a HUGE audience that most web designers don't cater to. More of them spend their time making their stuff Mac-compatible than color-blind compatible

demonhale — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:52:52 +0000

Thanks for that link Greg, I tackled that issue in one of my blog entries at blogaholik.com ... colorblindness and color effects...