I tend to use the contrast analyser found here: http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrast-analyser.html which acts as a colour blindness simulator but I haven't encountered any solid links regarding research in preferred colour schemes. Best of luck! Michael
> Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 12:40:33 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WSG] Colour Schemes for Accessibility > > Hi Carl, > > I also don't have a definitive answer - just another suggested tool. > > I use the Colour Contrast Analyser from VisionAustralia - > http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=628 It includes a > simulator to give you an idea of how your site will look to someone with > various forms of colour-blindness - and even to someone with cataracts. > It's designed for Windows, but also works on Linux under Wine. > > Lesley > > Life is not a malfunction (Short Circuit) > > On 09/05/11 16:50, Carl Heaton wrote: > > Dear WSG, > > > > I am currently consulting for the Social Development Division for ESCAP > > United Nations and my team and I are re-making http://www.unescap.org/sdd/ > > > > <http://www.unescap.org/sdd/>The question I have is that has anyone got > > any tried and tested colour schemes that dyslexic and colour blind users > > prefer? I have done my homework and see lots of contrasts that give the > > best results but no actual colour codes. > > > > Love to hear your ideas. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > C > > > > -- > > Carl Heaton > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [email protected] > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
