Do not rely on color alone to convey information

[schnee]

I'm often surprised by how many visual designers don't take color blindness into account for their designs. I have a mild form of red/green color blindness myself; usually I only have difficulties telling certain colors apart, requiring a second or third look, but today I encountered a particularly striking example where I literally could not

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[mikazo]

I seem to remember Bioshock had an in-game puzzle that was difficult for those with color blindness.

[schnee]

Hmm, never played that.

[mikazo]

Er, I guess it was Bioshock 2, which I haven't played. I enjoyed the first one though, it had a pretty good story. You might check it out.

[drhoz]

red-green colour-blind myself. Happily, it's never had any effect on me, apart from intriguing my classmates during a class on colour-blindness

[schnee]

Heh, yeah.

What about the first image? Can you distinguish those fields I cannot?

[drhoz]

nope - all the left-hand bars in the middle section look alike to me

[schnee]

OK - at least I'm not the only one, then.