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Color Accessibility: Designing Colors That Everyone Can Perceive

Introduction “We used red and green to distinguish them, so it should be fine.” It’s a thought that comes up naturally during development. But more people than you’d expect have difficulty telling those two colors apart. Statistics based on Northern European ancestry suggest that roughly 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women have red-green color vision deficiency. The exact ratio varies by region and genetic background, but the fact remains: there are always users who struggle to distinguish red from green. ...