Vision-Related Disabilities - Color Blindness

Scenarios: Issues and Solutions

A computer user who is color-blind cannot distinguish certain colors. When the content of a Web page presents information using color, the user faces a barrier to accessing information.

Solution:

• Avoid using color to convey meaning. EXAMPLE #1 EXAMPLE #2

Illustration - Online Shopper With Color Blindness (from the How People With Disabilities Use the Web, http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/PWD-Use-Web/Overview.html#shopper)

 

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