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Colorblind Accessibility Manifesto
- colorblindaccessibilitymanifesto.com lists 10 rules developers/designers should follow to not exclude the 350 million colourblind people in the world; nearly 8% of men and 0.4% of women.
- Start with “Why?” [you are making the change in the first place]
- Don’t communicate only with colors
- Design with shapes
- Choose the right copy
- Test your designs in black and white
- Rethink button states
- Use contrast
- The smaller the item, the bigger the problems
- Less fancy, more usable
- More than you think [have colourblindness]
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