- From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:14:29 -0600
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>
Hi Laura, Thanks for working on this more! Here's an idea to address terminology [1]: " Specialized cells known as cones that are located in the retina of the eye allow a person to see color. When these cells are absent or malfunctioning it can result in a decreased ability to see certain colors or a decreased ability to tell colors apart. This is commonly called "color blindness". Globally, 1 in 12 men (8%) and 1 in 200 women have color blindness. [source] Red-green color blindness is the most common form. It affects 7 to 10% of men and virtually no women. [source] Blue-yellow color blindness affects males and females equally. It occurs in fewer than 1 in 10,000 people. [source] " A few other things I noticed: * In the examples, the second and third are the same. * The types don't quite align with <https://nei.nih.gov/health/color_blindness/facts_about> Best, ~Shawn [1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-low-vision-a11y-tf/2016Jan/0018.html On 1/7/2016 9:53 AM, Laura Carlson wrote: > Hello Low Vision Task Force, > > Thanks to everyone for your suggestions on the of the color perception > section for our overview document. VERY much appreciated. I have > completed a 2nd draft [1]. As discussed in our meeting yesterday[2]. > I: > > * Added a section on color perception impact on low vision. > * Added a section on incidence of color disabilities. > * Created new images. > * Placed the images on the same line and made them smaller. > * Did some minor tweaking. > > If you have further ideas for improvement I'd love to hear them. > Please let me know or feel free to edit the Wiki page. > > For comparison, a copy of this second draft [3] along with the first > draft [4] are available. > > Thank you. > > Kindest Regards, > > Laura > > [1] https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/index.php?title=Overview_of_Low_Vision&oldid=621#Color_Perception > [2] http://www.w3.org/2016/01/06-lvtf-minutes.html#item03 > [3] http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/wcagwg/color/perception/draft2.html > [3] http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/wcagwg/color/perception/index.html >
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