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Color Vision Simulation

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Re: Color Vision Simulation

#11
I'm so happy this is a thing. I try to make sure the figures I prepare for presentations/papers are readable for everyone, and I've had trouble finding tools that are flexible/practical.

Now I can just drop images in Firefox and use this tool!

Re: Color Vision Simulation

#12

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This is really interesting to hear. I am also red-green colorblind (Protanopia) but the difference between the normal and Protanopia images here is very noticeable to me. I can see that red is missing in the Protanopia version. I definitely have trouble with many shades of some colors, especially if the colors are really small on the screen. So many Protanopia colorblind filters in games and apps mess up the colors w…

I feel the same. I am clearly red-green colorblind and I can't pass these tests with a lot of circles in different colors, but all the images from this list look very distinctive to me. I also can't use the red-green colormodes in slack, iOS, mac, etc. because it makes the colors too... weird. I often wonder if it's because the colors that I see, grew up with and label as "red" and "green" are actually different to w…

I wonder if it has something to do with screen color accuracy which is often quite bad

Re: Color Vision Simulation

#13
This tool deals with total colour loss, but does not allow for things like deuteranomaly which is far more common than Deuteranopia. Include a slider to simulate reduction in cones. As someone with deuteranomaly it's amazing how many interfaces just don't quite work.

Re: Color Vision Simulation

#14

I wonder a lot of about whether people with color blindness miss detail in life and nature, and how that affects them. The color blind simulation images are so drab, lifeless, and seemingly devoid of detail compared to the full color images.

We also see things you don't, as they're more obvious to us. Animal camouflage is a big one - animals are obvious to me that you struggle to see. Don't make the common mistake of thinking we chromatically challenged people are missing out, or disabled or something. We're the ones that will feed humanity during the nuclear winter.

Re: Color Vision Simulation

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post #13

This tool deals with total colour loss, but does not allow for things like deuteranomaly which is far more common than Deuteranopia. Include a slider to simulate reduction in cones. As someone with deuteranomaly it's amazing how many interfaces just don't quite work.

In general I agree and have found it really hard to find tools which work well for different degrees of impaired colour vision. I've tried a few apps which are supposed to show how things look for me and the results are almost always not quite right.

I will say that I can barely tell the difference between the original example image on this page and the deuteranopia one. According to tests I have a moderate deuteranomaly.

Re: Color Vision Simulation

#17

It is always interesting for me, as someone who is colorblind (Protanopia), to see these. I always have to call my wife in and ask if the images look different. She is always amazed that I can't tell the difference. The original image and the Protanopia image are exactly the same to me. The Deuteranopi looks very slightly different -- if I really stare at it. The other do indeed look different.

> The original image and the Protanopia image are exactly the same to me.

What's even more fascinating is that, while these two images are very different to me, what you are actually seeing might be totally different to what I am seeing in the Protanopia image and we won't know.

Re: Color Vision Simulation

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post #13

This tool deals with total colour loss, but does not allow for things like deuteranomaly which is far more common than Deuteranopia. Include a slider to simulate reduction in cones. As someone with deuteranomaly it's amazing how many interfaces just don't quite work.

Seems like it used to be available before:

>Firefox 81 removed unnecessary simulations for protanomaly, deuteranomaly, and tritanomaly, and added a simulation for achromatopsia (no color).

Re: Color Vision Simulation

#19
There are "Enchroma" glasses, which increase color perception (in some cases) by blocking ambiguous wavelengths (particulary ones between red and green). These glasses are rather expensive, but it seems to me that such filter might be easily implemented on the electronic devices (eg. in the form of browser plugin).

Re: Color Vision Simulation

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post #19

There are "Enchroma" glasses, which increase color perception (in some cases) by blocking ambiguous wavelengths (particulary ones between red and green). These glasses are rather expensive, but it seems to me that such filter might be easily implemented on the electronic devices (eg. in the form of browser plugin).

I considered getting those, even had an appointment but it got cancelled. I've heard very varied things about them. Some people say they barely do anything, others have called trying them a life changing experience.
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