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Designing for Color Blindness

Some people perceive colors in different ways, especially red, green and blue. Keeping that in mind when designing interfaces or pieces of communication, will ensure its effectiveness with all audiences.

  1. Always use colors+symbols

    When in need of communicating a message (i.e. “alert”) use a combination of color and symbol or word, do not rely exclusively on the color.

  2. A reduced color palette

    A minimal color palette is more effective when using color to communicate information.

  3. Use textures and patterns

    Data visualization is better communicated through the use of textures or patterns in combination with color, rather than relying exclusively on color.

 

Avoid these color combinations

Color blindness affects people in different ways – these are some of the color combinations to avoid:

  1. The beauty of monocrome

    Instead of using multiple colors, use multiple shades of a color.

  2. The clarity of high contrast

    A minimal color palette is more effective when using color to communicate information.

  3. Use thicker lines

    A thicker lines make it everything more legible and the colors easier to identify.

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