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Color blindness

Color blindness

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Color blindness

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- Understanding issues of color is one thing, actually seeing it is quite another. What if you can't distinguish the difference between two colors that are different, know as color blindness. About 8-12% of the population, mostly males, have difficulty discerning between certain colors. There are plenty of books and tests to determine if you have color blindness. Can you see the number 74 in this image? If not, you could be color blind. The most common form of color blindness is red and green. And is especially difficult, particularly when the values of each color are very close, as it's the hue or specific color that can't be distinguished. The color red appears green and green appears red, making choices for palettes a real challenge. How can a color blind person create a palette and use it affectively if he or she can't actually see the differences between colors? Having had a very dear artist friend struggle with this, I tried to figure out how you can create a palette based on…

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