- From: Stefen Cook <stefen@cwa.co.nz>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:59:24 +1300
- To: "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@sidar.org>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
This is a useful tool, it also has an option to show the results for the different types of colour blindness; protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia. http://www.nils.org.au/ais/web/resources/contrast_analyser/index.html Stefen Cook Web Developer - Accessibility and Standards CWA New Media Ltd Email: stefen@cwa.co.nz <mailto:stefen@cwa.co.nz> Phone: +64 4 382 6500 DDI: +64 4 382 6520 Fax: +64 4 382 6509 Postal: PO Box 19090, Wellington, New Zealand Website: www.cwa.co.nz <http://www.cwa.co.nz/> _______________________________________ The information contained in this mail message is confidential and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any use, dissemination, further distribution, or reproduction of this message in any form whatsoever, is strictly prohibited. If the mail is in error, please notify me by return email, delete your copy of the message, and accept my apologies for any inconvenience caused. -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Charles McCathieNevile Sent: Thursday, 17 February 2005 9:46 p.m. To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: Colours and Colour Blindness The best stuff I have read on this in terms of simple reference that seems to cover the main stuff is Joe Clark's. (This bit of his book is excellent). I don't have a web reference to hand, but I believe that the relevant info is online. cheers Chaals On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:26:55 GMT, Julian Voelcker <asp@tvw.net> wrote: > > I have some clients who keep on insisting on having coloured text on > coloured backgrounds and so far have only been making sure that there > is a strong differentiation between the two colours to help with > Accessibility. > > Is there documentation/research anywhere listing the key colour > combinations that do/don't work for people with Colour Blindness? > > It is an area that I would like to pay a bit more attention to. -- Charles McCathieNevile - Vice Presidente - Fundacion Sidar charles@sidar.org http://www.sidar.org (chaals is available for consulting at the moment)
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