(I apologize ahead of time if this is not in the right place but I dodn't know where else to put it.)

I have been rather curious how many colorblind artists or photographers are on Zazzle because my husband is red/green colorblind. (He's the main photo part of our shop name!) It has been very hard for me to understand how he really sees the world because I am such a strong color oriented person.

Vischeck.com has made a HUGE difference to me in being able to really see almost through his eyes and I have LOVED the Photoshop plug-in that alters image colors for 3 different kinds of colorblindness. I found out that my deep red roses that we had at our wedding looked brown (and dead looking to me) and finally understand why he wasn't so thrilled about them. I also never knew that to him people's tongues are blue! Since then I have told him that to me it is closer to a shade of orange than blue.

The other part about the site that my husband is thrilled about is where you can submit a picture and it changes the colors so it corrects the image so the colorblind person can see the same color differences that a normal sight person naturally sees.

Here are a few questions I have:

1.) For those who are colorblind, is there any interest whatsoever of having photographs and graphics on products colored specifically catering to colorblind customers? (For most colorblind people that would mean a lot more blues and yellow based colors instead of red and green.)

2.) As a colorblind person, would you like the 'Colorblind friendly' images or are sharp black and white images preferred?

3.) If you are a colorblind artist, designer, or photographer could you let me know? I'd love to check out your stores!

The reason I'm wondering is because I have been thinking about having a subcategory of our store specifically for colorblind friendly photos and graphics. I wanted some external input before creating even more work for myself even though I know my husband would be thrilled about the idea. He has really shown me that the world is not as straightforward with colors as I always just assumed it was. If you think it is (and aren't colorblind) how about you tell him when the Christmas tree is dead!


Many Thanks,

~Susanne

Pretty badly colour blind here. red/green, blue/purple, pink/red, basically any close variation of colours and i'm doomed. I believe the rest of the world is colour blind and i'm the "normal" one lol
It does not affect my life too much though apart from clothes shopping i often pick out pink shirts instead of white

All good fun though!

How does color blind effect regular life?

Dead Christmas tree is a great example. My wife was insisting that our christmas tree had died, but I knew it wasn't because it still looked exactly the same as it always had. She seemed to think that the grey (she called them green when we bough it) needles on the tree had changed color to brown even though I could clearly see that they were obviously the exact same shade of grey they'd always been.

Another great example is traffic lights. I have learned to memorize the position of the lights because often, especially on older, faded lights, the colors can all look the same.

Finally, when it comes to decorating, my dear wife often seems to insist on using "different shades" which all are in fact exactly alike. She also claims that any colors that actually have any contrast at all, or are in any way visually interesting or not bland give her headaches and hurt her eyes (Blaze orange FTW).

Craig L

I am an artist and illustrator. I am colour blind, which makes for some interesting work. As a child trees where often coloured with brown leafs and green trunks. I still have to watch out for that .
I am pretty much color blind across the range of the colour spectrum. Though strangely enough there is no real set pattern,as in It is never the same from one day to the next. I never see the true hue of a colour as non colour blind person does,though its not a major to me and most often the remark I hear on my work is" I would never have thought to use that colour combination" A few times I have asked what colours the person see's and it is generally not even close to what I see. I still mange to know which colours work in harmony with each other. I paint a lot and normally only purchase the Primal Colours red, yellow, blue and the tint white and tone black, all must have their colours names printed on them just as a safe measure. As I am fully versed in colour mixing.So greens browns oranges etc I mix myself. Man made colours such as dyes used for fabrics I find is the worst as depending on the amount of the base colours will depend on what colour I see. If I am tired it incress's my colour blindness, So when my wonderful, and most betuiful striped orange tabby cat comes in and looks the most amazing shades of green's,and the darker the greens means the more tired I am. However would love to capture the amazing green strips colouring I see as he does have a particular lovely pattern of stripes.

A Coulor blind section to your sight would be helpful for those that have the most common of colour blindness red green brown.

I remember my father insisting that my silver wallpaper was pink because it had roses on