TermCraft conventionFoundational
Colour Vision Deficiency
Difficulty telling some colours apart, affecting around one in twelve men.
Definition
Reduced ability to distinguish certain colours, most commonly in the red and green range.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
Difficulty telling some colours apart, affecting around one in twelve men.
Example
A red and green status system is indistinguishable to a substantial share of users without labels or icons.
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Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Use of ColorAccessibility
- Color AccessibilityUI foundation
- Data Visualization ColorUI foundation
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Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.