Author: chromaphobe
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Colorblind Awareness Day
Today is Colorblind Awareness Day, which was chosen as it is John Dalton’s birthday. What a great day to start putting the Chromaphobe website together!
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Designing a Colorblind-Friendly Traffic Light
Transcript In the past month while prepping this video, I’ve learned that people really love traffic lights… there is a huge romantic subculture dedicated to traffic lights and it’s not just people like this… It’s also people like Tony, whose idea of a man cave is colorblind nightmare fuel. Now, for all the Tony’s out…
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Do EnChroma Glasses “Work”?
Transcript You’ve seen the videos. Burly men put on EnChroma glasses, break down in tears, melt your heart… and for a brief moment, remind you that the world isn’t all politics, global warming and anti-vaxxers. The comments on these videos are brimming with people who are inspired by such anonymous internet emotion… inspired enough to…
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Deconstructing ColorADD
Transcript What happens when color-normals try to develop systems to help color blind people? Today on chromaphobe, I’ll be ranting about the ColorADD system, a true failure of design for accessibility. WHAT IT IS The ColorADD system uses symbols to represent colors, specifically to aid the color deficient in identifying colors. It was created in…
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Dear Parents…
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Two Types of Colorblindness?
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“What Color Is That?”
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Debunking the Purple Conspiracy
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Are Dogs Colorblind?
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Reacting to Colorblind memes