I've got my own built in color blind tester. Most of my designs usually compose of just a few strongly contrasting colors but I think that comes out fine.
DRE > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:31 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: site review > > > Nice design, clean yet elegant. > > Just for fun (we've been working on this ourselves lately). > I ran it through a color blind simulator. Didn't expect any > problem, and there where none with this design. > > I find this service to be very invaluable. > > Information on Color blindness: http://www.vischeck.com/ > Web page simulator for color blindness: > http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php > > I found this quote from "Considering the Color-Blind" By > Chuck Newman to be very enlightening. "Recently, I was > surprised to learn that about 8 percent of men and 0.5 > percent of women have some form of color blindness. For some > Web sites that could translate to 1 in 12 visitors. That's a > larger proportion of visitors than some other groups I > consider when designing Web sites. The ratio of visitors > viewing the Web with only 256 colors or a 640x480 pixel > screen is usually less than 5 percent these days. Now include > cross-browser support, older browsers, style sheets, and > JavaScript in the mix. If you consider those issues when you > design Web sites, you should consider your color-blind > visitors, as well." > > I have always tried to avoid the worst excesses of bad color > blind design, red on green every really look good? But never > much more then that. After reading this article, > http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/08/> newman/, > I'm > now much more aware of the problem and making > it a considerable higher factor in my design choices. > > > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > Sierra Outdoor Recreation > www.SierraOutdoorRecreation.com > <http://www.SierraOutdoorRecreation.com> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andre Turrettini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:43 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: site review > > > what do you guys think?? > > graphics for a side consulting company I'm starting. > http://webmachineinc.com/ DRE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
