Re: /colour/colourblindness.html

Vischeck is a tool that can show a web page as seen by 3 different types of color deficiency:
http://www.vischeck.com/

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At 09:44 AM 2/5/02, Peter wrote:
>2/5/02 6:26:30 PM, jonathan chetwynd <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>>I imagine what is needed is a validator, so that users can 'see' what 
>>their page would look like.
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>-- 
>>j.chetwynd@btinternet.com
>>
>>http://www.peepo.com "enjoy surfing the net"
>>http://www.learningdifficulty.org
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>>
>
>Hello Jonathan,
>What I envisage are pages where people with known colour discrimination problems can look at colour samples and 
>report back on the result. They would identify the type of screen they use, crt, lcd, etc, and tick colour pairs that look 
>different but not those that look the same. Each result would add to the information displayed and Web site developers 
>could look to see the contrast required between colours.
>
>Each sample would display the HTML RGB parameter and any equivalent useful to image editors. People creating 
>HTML could look for colour differences with universal acceptance and those without. If the information is presented as 
>colour differentials, it could lead to a simple page where people type in their preferred colours and get the problem 
>combinations highlighted. If someone wants to then take the calculations from the script and place them in to a validator, 
>I could help.
>
>People creating images would get the general idea but creating an image validator would be difficult. Way beyond my 
>poor brain. Easier to just have examples of what works and what does not.
>
>Peter 

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wendy a chisholm
world wide web consortium 
web accessibility initiative
seattle, wa usa
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Received on Tuesday, 5 February 2002 18:30:13 UTC