Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Web Tool Aids People with Colorblindness


This is what the NFLS home page looks like to a person with normal color vision.












With the click of a button, and using the Colorblind Web Page Filter, a person who has tritanopia (blue/yellow color blindness) can change the NFLS homepage to this:















Want to experiment with this page or YOUR library's website?

Click on the Colorblind Web Page Filter logo on the right-hand side above the NFLS Flickr Badge.

Type in your webpage url, pick a color filter and click "fetch!"
You can also embed the logo on your webpage or blog if you know of patrons or children who have color vision deficiencies at your library. It might help them view your webpage or other pages more easily!

You can get more information about the filter at http://colorfilter.wickline.org/.

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