Cartography for Color Blindness Khem So 9/21/2011
Why design for colorblindness? The frequency of colorblindness is fairly high. – 7 to 10% of the overall male population is red-green colorblind. Colorblind people cannot distinguish certain colors
What you can do! Color Universal Design
More things you can do! Select colors that are easier to distinguish (e.g., ColorBrewer) Ensure that there is enough contrasts in brightness & saturation between foreground and background Make texts or objects as thick or BIG as possible Caution when using RED
Resources ColorBrewer
Resources Color Deficiency Color Set for ArcMap cfm?fa=arcgisResources.gateway cfm?fa=arcgisResources.gateway
Resources Color Oracle – Real-time colorblindness simulator – Design Tips for Color Vision Impaired Vischeck – Simulates colorblindness on your image Colorblind filters in GIMP & Photoshop