Eight percent of all men suffer from some form of colorblindness, a condition that can interfere with their ability to distinguish things designed for unimpaired viewers.
Color Oracle aims to change this by making it easy for designers to see their work as a colorblind person would. Color Oracle overlays the user's screen to simulate three different kinds of colorblindness of increasing severity, the idea being that by designing for the severely colorblind, all your bases will be covered.
It would be great to get some feedback on this app from actual colorblind readers– perhaps even colorblind designer
Jon Hicks of Firefox fame?
[via
Daring Fireball]
Tags: accessibility, color, colorblind, colororacle, design
