> On 29 Apr 2019, at 20:02, Doug Ewell via Unicode <[email protected]> wrote: > > Philippe Verdy wrote: > >> A very useful think to add to Unicode (for colorblind people) ! >> >> http://bestinportugal.com/color-add-project-brings-color-identification-to-the-color-blind >> >> Is it proposed to add as new symbols ? > > Well, it isn't proposed until someone proposes it. > > At first I thought Emojination would be best to write this proposal, to > improve its chances of approval. But these aren't really emoji; they're > actual text-like symbols, of the type that has always been considered > appropriate for Unicode. (They're not "for transport" per se; they are a > secondary indication of colors, meant for the color-blind.) > > One important question that a proposal would need to answer is whether > these symbols are actually used in the real world. They seem like a good > and innovative new idea, and there is always a desire to help people > with physical challenges; but neither of those is what Unicode is about. > For non-emoji characters, there is usually still a requirement to show a > certain level of actual usage.
The guy who made the artwork for Heroes is completely color-blind, seeing only in a grayscale, so they agreed he coded the colors in black and white, and then that was replaced with colors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_(U.S._TV_series)
