The title “Colour Blind Awareness Week: Recommended free colour contrast tools for digital accessibility” is hovering above home pages for the following inclusive colour tools: Hex Productions free website accessibility audit test, GitHub Colour Palette Builder, Coolers Colour Palette Generator, WebAIM Colour Contrast Checker, and WAVE Contrast Scans.

There are great free tools, such as with our experts, @webaim.bsky.social, and @github.com to use on #ColourBlindAwarenessDay to assess the inclusivity of your website's colours.

Access our free #A11y guide to find a list of ways to enhance the #accessibility for #ColourBlind users: zurl.co/sWybe

Image of book cover: Supporting Colour Blindness in Education and Beyond by Marie Difolco. Striking eye graphic in centre

The book you need at school this year!

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People with Colour Blindness don’t just confuse Red/Green

Left image :
normal colour vision

Right image:
colour blind simulation

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Links and button states all need to be visible and have sufficient colour contrasts for users to navigate a site. An example shows links with dark hover states compared to pale ones which are difficult to see, along with underlining link text and putting it in a high contrasting colour to make it more visible. Colour blind users may not see certain shades of colour, so it is vital not to replace words with colour. Instead, always use meaningful text labels or icons.

The use of inclusive colours on sites is crucial. Without considering how they are presented visually or within written content can shut out people with #ColourBlindness from navigating or accessing your content altogether.

Find out more in our #A11y guide: zurl.co/NENYM

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Have you ever had any training on Colour Blindness? Was it part of your PGCE, a seminar on SEND or CPD session?

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Contrast between background and foreground colours is needed for colour blind people. Colour contrasts should be at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large. An example shows white writing on a yellow background as a poor contrast. Items like colour pickers require clear text labels to assist users when making a purchase. To assist, describe the colour. Colour coded graphs can also make data impossible to interpret for some users. Give context by labelling each section and using patterns.

The design websites for people who are #ColourBlind is often overlooked, even though 300 million people globally have a colour deficiency.

On #ColourBlindAwarenessDay, take a few minutes to check if your website and branding colours are inclusive: zurl.co/A2vSQ

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Boys, Blind Spots and Backward Policy: Why Schools Are Failing Thousands of Children with Colour Blindness — The Centre for Male Psychology Every September, fresh uniforms, new pencil cases and eager faces fill classrooms across the country. Statistically, in every average co-ed class of 30 though one child (more likely a boy), will be s...

Today is #ColourBlindAwarenessDay kicking off with my latest article.

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Colour combinations to avoid using: It is not true that people with colour blindness only struggle to see red and green colour combinations. Also avoid colour combinations like: green and brown, blue and purple, green and blue, green and black, light green and yellow, blue and grey, green and grey. Meeting with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines ensures sites are inclusive for all users. Relevant success criterion is: 1.4.1 Use of Colour, 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast, 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum

On #ColourBlindAwarenessDay, we share ways to remove barriers for people with #ColourBlindness online.

Although some #ColourBlind people can't see red and green, there are also other combinations to avoid in branding and on site elements.

Read our #accessibility guide to learn more: zurl.co/ERt9G

Placeholder text should provide clarity and have sufficient contrast. With error messaging, do not use colour to highlight an issue. Instead, labels are required and you can incorporate visual elements like icons. An example shows what to avoid on a form, displaying an error message that is highlighting a wrong password using just the colour red. A forgotten password link underneath is not underlined so you can't tell it is a hyperlink, and a sign in button is in a low contrast

Today is #ColourBlindAwarenessDay. Throughout the day, we are sharing ways to enhance the #accessibility of your website content for people with #ColourBlindness, starting with your online forms.

Learn more in our #A11y guide: zurl.co/Ch87z

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Una visión diferente.
También ese mundo pardo de Dalton
se componía de átomos.

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Ser daltónico es recordar que la realidad no es una, sino tantas como miradas existen.

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Didn’t realise today is #ColourBlindAwarenessDay. I should have got gifts or some such no?

Today is #ColourBlindAwarenessDay
This is something which is close to me - growing up with colour blindness has led to some interesting experiences!
Teachers would do well to be aware of it #edutwitter

In honour of #ColourblindAwarenessDay , please check out this Venn diagram my nephew drew a few years ago.

Colorblindfriendly - PyMOLWiki

Today is #ColourBlindAwarenessDay!
For your next paper/presentation figures, consider using colour-blind friendly palettes.

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@DovydasJoksas blog with further background: dovydas.com/blog/colorbl...

A tweet about a problem of colourblindness, Kieran Maguire didn't spot blood in his stool for a long time

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Education

Today is #ColourBlindAwarenessDay, never realised the issues it could cause until I read this. www.colourblindawareness.org/education/