New blog theme to suit colour blind readers

Whilst doing my research on colour blindness and the internet, I realised that the WordPress theme I initially chose was all wrong! It contained orange and green text – a nightmare for some colour blind users.  Therefore I have updated my theme to be more black and white which is one of the recommendations I came across at All Web Design Blog, a great blog resource that highlights some good basic key points to remember when designing websites for the colour blind.

Are you colour blind?

Hello there – my name is Sarah Allan and I’m a web design student in Northern NSW, Australia. I have started this blog to document my research findings on the subject Designing Websites for the Colour Blind. This research is required for a college assignment.

Did you know that colour blindness affects males much more than females? Approximately 8% of males are affected by colour blindness while only about 0.4% of females are affected. In the US that equates to about 7% of the male population (or 10.5 million males).

Are you colour blind?  Take this colour blind test to find out.