Show HN: Automatic detection of non-colorblind safe colors

Re:Show HN: Automatic detection of non-colorblind safe colors by aaossa on Friday February 09, 2018 @10:48AM (#16341013)

I have a legit question. Do colorblind people use some extension in their browser? This post gave me the idea that maybe some extension could show them the warnings and some options to scale the colors in an appropiate manner. My first idea was to try using it in development, to check how colorblind people see our apps and provide a solution. Do you have any further plans or ideas with this? (It's an interesting topic, but I'm not very informed)

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Re:Show HN: Automatic detection of non-colorblind safe colors by tsm on Friday February 09, 2018 @11:27AM (#16341479)

I'm colorblind; I don't; and I haven't even looked into it. I have a lot of little heuristics I learned in the real world to help cope with not being able to distinguish certain colors. If they're not good enough, I can usually either just ignore it, ask someone nearby for help (or text my sister or girlfriend), or use the web inspector to change things around.

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Re:Show HN: Automatic detection of non-colorblind safe colors by mtu9001 on Friday February 09, 2018 @11:30AM (#16341514)

I suffer from deuteranopia and use the Spectrum extension in Chrome from Yehor Lvivski.

It's ok for switching between different color modes so I can see differences in them.

I am intrigued by the Enchroma glasses, haven't wanted to gamble $300+ on them yet.

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Re:Show HN: Automatic detection of non-colorblind safe colors by reificator on Friday February 09, 2018 @04:39PM (#16344061)

Not colorblind myself, but I often use spectrum as a final pass to make sure any colors I've chosen for a UI aren't going to cause issues. I just hope it's decently accurate.

I'm also a very heavy F.lux user, so all my color choices have to be usable with an orange filter as well.

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