Resources and References
These are resources and references the WCAG WG has used while working on
the WCAG 2.0 Working Draft. These will likely be
incorporated into the various Techniques for WCAG 2.0 documents.
Color Perception
- Vischeck
- An excellent resource for showing what the site will look like to
someone that is colorblind. (Lee Roberts) Also refer to their list of
Information and Links
- MSN
article about color contrast.
- Please refer to the section entitled "Pump up the Contrast". (Lee
Roberts)
- Colorblindness
Information Page, Dai-Sho, Inc.
- Overview of the most common color perception problems. Explains how
different color combinations are difficult to read. (Lee Roberts)
- The
Lighthouse
- This site suggests using colors from opposite ends of the spectrum.
Additionally, it has several color charts that depict the difference in
color spectrum and contrasting colors. There is a great deal of
information on the subject on this page. (Lee Roberts)
- Designing
for the Color-challenged: Applet
- This site has an applet that will show how colors look to the
color-blind. (Lee Roberts)
- MSDN
(can't get this one to work)
- Excellent color comparisons (Lee Roberts)
- Selected Resources on
Disability and Web Use: Color Blindness Trace R&D Center
- (Ben Caldwell)
- Color
Conversion Algorithms
- These convert between different types of color models, e.g. RGB to
HSV. (Bengt Farre)
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