There's an iPhone/iPod touch application named Colorblind Thai Style but I'm not sure what it does. Maybe it just picks random colors?
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What it's like to be color blind
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iTunes shows you how much space you are using on an attached iPhone or Apple TV, with a legend that distinguishes the categories only by color.
In this iPhone legend, I can't distinguish the colors for Audio vs. Video, and I can't distinguish the colors for Apps vs. Other.
If they used patterns (stripes, dots, crosshatches, etc.) in addition to color, that wouldn't be a problem, even though the display might not look as elegant to everyone else.
In this iPhone legend, I can't distinguish the colors for Audio vs. Video, and I can't distinguish the colors for Apps vs. Other.
If they used patterns (stripes, dots, crosshatches, etc.) in addition to color, that wouldn't be a problem, even though the display might not look as elegant to everyone else.
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or at least have the option to use either of the two..
oh btw, i guess the grass isnt always greener eh??
yeh but Doc would have been told grass is green at an early age and then just accepted that whatever colour blind people see as green is… green.
for a colour blind person it doesnt matter what it looks like to a non colour blind person in their eyes as they accept that brown/orange or whatever is actually green… so its just a word, a name of a colour.
its only apparent that theyre seeing different colours when they interact with somone whos not colour blind like when designing something, or like in this case Apple used colours in an app to differentiate types of data that the colour blind see as similar.
i cant really explain what i mean properly it as im no an expert… confusing!
its only apparent that theyre seeing different colours when they interact with somone whos not colour blind like when designing something, or like in this case Apple used colours in an app to differentiate types of data that the colour blind see as similar.
i cant really explain what i mean properly it as im no an expert… confusing!
its all very confusing, im finding it hard to get my head around it because i have no idea what im talking about..
im just going to give up and let you win, because i cant comprehend it this late at night!!
oh yea thats right your in Perth arent you? im on the Goldy, but in NSW.. so the Tweed
your not colourblind are you?
I wanted to wear a green shirt to work today in honor of St. Patrick's Day. I picked out a shirt that I know is green, but I managed to splatter something on it in the kitchen, before I even got out the door. I have other shirts that I think might be green, but I wasn't sure, so I had to get a family member's help to identify another green shirt. So I'm wearing another green shirt today. At least they tell me I am.
Sometimes people say that clothes are bright green, but the concept of "bright green" is mostly foreign to me. Clothes called bright green are usually rather dull-looking to me. Here's an example. This photo is from a catalog that calls it bright green. To me it looks like a boring tan and I'd have to flip a coin if I was asked if it was green.
Sometimes people say that clothes are bright green, but the concept of "bright green" is mostly foreign to me. Clothes called bright green are usually rather dull-looking to me. Here's an example. This photo is from a catalog that calls it bright green. To me it looks like a boring tan and I'd have to flip a coin if I was asked if it was green.
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I wanted to wear a green shirt to work today in honor of St. Patrick's Day. I picked out a shirt that I know is green, but I managed to splatter something on it in the kitchen, before I even got out the door. I have other shirts that I think might be green, but I wasn't sure, so I had to get a family member's help to identify another green shirt. So I'm wearing another green shirt today. At least they tell me I am.
Sometimes people say that clothes are bright green, but the concept of "bright green" is mostly foreign to me. Clothes called bright green are usually rather dull-looking to me. Here's an example. This photo is from a catalog that calls it bright green. To me it looks like a boring tan and I'd have to flip a coin if I was asked if it was green.
I hate to tell you this but... The shirt in the picture is not green.... Nah! Just kidding, I would consider it a bright green...
You might want to get that checked out there buddy.
I think that since he's been told that grass is green at a early stage in his life, then he thinks that whatever shade grass seems to him is green. Wherever he sees that shade again, he'll know that its green. Just as an apple is red, he might not be able to see the proper red that us non-color-blind people see, but he should know that its red, or at least some color close to red.
I suffer it partially. I confuse some greens with browns and grays. How is this called?
But I'm glad that I can see my beer!
But I'm glad that I can see my beer!
Why in God's name would you be? I can't imagine anyone would be so stupid as to think it was a major deficiency or anything, unless they were having a little joke and didn't realise it was because you were colour blind.
A lot of people are embarrassed to talk about their deficiencies. It's a natural instinct. In this thread I didn't want people to be shy about asking questions, since society teaches us not to walk up to the guy with a leg missing and ask "Hey, what happened to your leg?"
Speaking of embarrassment... If I'm buying clothes, I'd usually have my wife along to help, but if I'm buying her clothes as a gift I sometimes ask strangers for help with colors. People always answer my question but some of them give me an odd look to go with it. Maybe that's simply because I had the nerve to talk to a stranger at all. These encounters can be slightly embarrassing, but I can live with it and it's better than buying mismatched clothes. I used to ask the salespeople, not the customers, but so many stores have cut back on staff that there's nobody around to ask!
This is all very interesting. Just a few weeks ago, I started working with a tall Asian man (that's strange in and of itself) and he was colorblind. Didn't really hinder his work at all though.
Great thread. I'm Red-Green colourblind also, I don't think its that bad though, but definitely there. I have known from I was about 8 years old. Usual way, mixing up colours at school, was tested and that confirmed it. There's a great info website here http://www.colblindor.com/
Doesn't really bother me or affect my day to day life, but it's fun at work because I'm a network engineer and have a lot of flashing green and red lights to deal with. But if I stare at them for a while I can see a difference. I get the same questions everyone else does who is colourblind, you know the ones that start with "what colour is red to you...." ummm its my red! Or "what colour is that door / wall / shirt [insert generic item]..."
Thats probably my pet hate with it, as an earlier poster said the way that electronic companies put the red and green LED in the same thing (e.g. the Apple MagSafe adaptor LED), and gaming issues.
As a side note, due to the existence of the NPPL in the UK I'm learning to fly a plane and you can become a pilot if you are colourblind. You may be limited to when you fly however.
I tried out some of the chromagens contact lenses a while back which helped a bit. But I gave them back as they were really uncomfortable to wear and they made me have a pink eye! Course, being colourblind isn't enough for me, I'm also Type 1 Diabetic, Asthmatic and shortsighted! Maybe thats for another thread.....
Doesn't really bother me or affect my day to day life, but it's fun at work because I'm a network engineer and have a lot of flashing green and red lights to deal with. But if I stare at them for a while I can see a difference. I get the same questions everyone else does who is colourblind, you know the ones that start with "what colour is red to you...." ummm its my red! Or "what colour is that door / wall / shirt [insert generic item]..."
Thats probably my pet hate with it, as an earlier poster said the way that electronic companies put the red and green LED in the same thing (e.g. the Apple MagSafe adaptor LED), and gaming issues.
As a side note, due to the existence of the NPPL in the UK I'm learning to fly a plane and you can become a pilot if you are colourblind. You may be limited to when you fly however.
I tried out some of the chromagens contact lenses a while back which helped a bit. But I gave them back as they were really uncomfortable to wear and they made me have a pink eye! Course, being colourblind isn't enough for me, I'm also Type 1 Diabetic, Asthmatic and shortsighted! Maybe thats for another thread.....
Well, this may be a bit late (the last post was two months ago) but I just stumbled upon this very interesting thread. I am not colourblind, but my brother was. He was my half brother, so I am unsure of if I am a carrier or not. Anyway... it's interesting to read about other peoples experiences.
You might want to get that checked out there buddy.
it was a joke.
you obviously don't watch seinfeld
My dad, I'm pretty sure, is HALF-colorblind. Weird, I know, but he only sees some colors differently. The other colors he sees fine.
Here in Japan, being colorblind is considered a handicap by many.
I've learned to get around it, and I certainly don't tell anyone unless I really trust them.