Colour blindness research put into practice

This post concludes my research into colour blindness and the internet.  What an eye-opening (no pun intended!) journey it has been.  I have learnt about the importance of designing websites with accessibility in mind, the fact that it is illegal to not do this (which I did not know!) and the importance (and size) of this group of web users.  

I think as designers we get so caught up in the design and the client’s needs and wants that we forget about the end user and the fact that 1 in 10 web users has some form of disability.

I have designed a website with my target group in mind and have put it to the test with the colour blind web page filter.

You can view it here.

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.