Designing for Accessibility
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colour.
Did you know..? In some parts of the world, 1 male in 8 is affected by some form of colour blindness?
It’s perfectly natural to use colour to make your website look more attractive, or to provide information (such as box-outs or animated menu items). But what looks great on one display may end up looking terrible on another. If you rely on colour to say something, you may end up saying nothing!
Bright primary colours can be as bad as gentle pastels.
What’s the problem?
* People can be colour blind. Some of your viewers will have some form of colour blindness. Red/green signals are a common convention which causes particular trouble for the colour blind.
* Screens are often colour blind. Liquid crystal displays are notoriously inaccurate at reproducing
