Color vs B&W

[Kent Quirk]

Some of the resources you might look into are related to designing for 
colorblind users. I believe the stats are that 10% of men and 2% of 
women have some level of colorblindness.

The key thing is to make sure that you differentiate colors by 
saturation and value, not just hue.

I tell designers to print out their images on a black and white laser 
printer -- if it still looks good and you can read everything, you have 
a reasonably safe design for a colorblind user. The nice thing about the 
XO is that there's a button to see it in context without having to go to 
printouts.

    Kent


Hal Murray wrote:
> If we are serious about taking advantage of the black/white mode of the 
> display, there is a lot of work to be done.  Turning off the backlights does 
> save a lot of power.
>
> As an example, I challenge anybody to play Block Party in B&W mode.  :)
>
> Sorry for the clutter if this is already on the radar.  Is there a checklist 
> for things like this?
>
>
>
> Now that I think about if a bit....
>
> When was the last time you saw a B/W display?  I think it was pre-web for me, 
> maybe 15 years ago.  Are there any good web pages on designing UIs for B/W 
> displays?  Maybe some hints on designing for color-blind people might be 
> helpful.
>
> Is there a simple high-level API so a program can tell if it's running on B/W 
> or color?  I'm guessing a few applications might be willing to have two modes.
>
> This feels like a giant can of worms.  I'm embarrassed that I didn't notice 
> it when I first saw something about the dual mode display technology.
>
>
>   


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