This project will look at new ways in which colour is used in Graphic design and how the use of colour can be re-appropriated to suit people who suffer from colour vision deficiency. The purpose of designing with the color deficient in mind is to completely reexamine the existing inconsistent color-designing procedure that tends to increase the number of colors unnecessarily, establish an order of priority for information elements to be conveyed, and create designs that take into account the impressions and psychological effects they may give to the receiver of the information. .

Sunday, 18 April 2010

Reverse color blindness test

Color vision deficient people have a tendency to better night vision and, in some situations, they can perceive variations in luminosity that color-sighted people could not. Only color blind people can actually read what is written in the picture below... That means, if you fail the test, you probably have the full range of color sensitivity that is attributed to color-sighted people.

(Answer: No)



Looking further into CVD, I am starting to realise that the main issues surrounding people with colour sight problems are everyday, mundane graphics. Signs, posters, maps, anything that relies on colour to function. When thinking of colour as a Graphic Designer, we tend to make decisions based on aesthetics initially, perhaps not focusing on what colours can easily be seen by anyone.
Posted by Hanna Benjamin at 1:58 pm

1 comment:

  1. Unknown18 September 2018 at 16:37

    Looks like a No or a Ho (I'm actually modern protan colorblind)

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