Is Colour-Blindness an Issue in Web Design?
I often believed that my last husband was colour-blind, because his choice in clothing combinations often jarred my senses. However, he also combined textures and patterns in his attire, so I then understood that his choices were more along the line of eccentric taste rather than the result of a colour-blindness defect. And, I couldn’t make that colour-blind assumption in the first place, because I didn’t know how colour-blind people reacted to their environments at that time anyway.
Although I know more today about colour-blindness than I did then, I continue to be amazed by how colour-blind people perceive their worlds. Richard offers one perspective as a colour-blind Web user and as a Web author. Richard states that he isn’t bothered at all by most Website colours, and he feels that colour-blindness really isn’t an issue for Web designers and developers.
Linda Goin carries an A.A. in graphic design, a B.F.A. in visual communications with a minor in business and marketing and an M.A. in American History with a minor in the Reformation. While the latter degree doesn't seem to fit with the first two educational experiences, Linda used her 25-year design expertise on archaeological digs and in the study of material culture. Now she uses her education and experiences in social media experiments.