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by aaossa 3059 days ago
I have a legit question. Do colorblind people use some extension in their browser? This post gave me the idea that maybe some extension could show them the warnings and some options to scale the colors in an appropiate manner. My first idea was to try using it in development, to check how colorblind people see our apps and provide a solution. Do you have any further plans or ideas with this? (It's an interesting topic, but I'm not very informed)
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I'm colorblind; I don't; and I haven't even looked into it. I have a lot of little heuristics I learned in the real world to help cope with not being able to distinguish certain colors. If they're not good enough, I can usually either just ignore it, ask someone nearby for help (or text my sister or girlfriend), or use the web inspector to change things around.
I suffer from deuteranopia and use the Spectrum extension in Chrome from Yehor Lvivski.

It's ok for switching between different color modes so I can see differences in them.

I am intrigued by the Enchroma glasses, haven't wanted to gamble $300+ on them yet.

Not colorblind myself, but I often use spectrum as a final pass to make sure any colors I've chosen for a UI aren't going to cause issues. I just hope it's decently accurate.

I'm also a very heavy F.lux user, so all my color choices have to be usable with an orange filter as well.