Re: Color coding

Ginger Claassen wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have a small problem. Currently I am working on my website and I was 
> thinking about color coding the links on the site - one color for 
> external links and one for links to content on my site. If the contrast 
> is sufficient enough staying in the suggested range would this still be 
> accessible for people who suffering from color blindness?

Avoid commonly confused colours, and don't use colour as the sole 
indicator of important information. I wouldn't consider whether a link 
is "external" or "internal" as important information, so as long as it 
was high-contrast, I would be too concerned beyond that.

Received on Tuesday, 16 February 2010 09:45:02 UTC