Designer
Goal: Create an educational device for designers and others to understand what it means to be colorblind by seeing their world through someone else’s perspective
Tools: Photoshop, Lens Studio, Illustrator
Client: N/A
Awards: Communication Arts Finalist
Colorblindness affects about 5% of the world’s population with varying degrees of severeness. You may have seen videos of colorblind individuals being given special glasses that allow them to see a full spectrum of colors. For the other 95%, I think it’s important that we understand exactly how they see the world.
Over the years I discovered a number of online tools to help designers understand how their website and color choices will be perceived by others. Coloblindly is a great extension for chrome to inspect your website and coolors.co will show you how your color palette will look with all forms of colorblindness. What was missing was a means for people to see the physical world as someone who is colorblind. Whether it’s an interior designer or somebody creating an exhibition space they may not be aware of how their color choices affect some of your audience. The interior decorator would be able to take into account how a space looks to another person. A visual merchandiser can pair colors that work well for those with a full color spectrum and those without.
