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From: euaneg@eua.ericsson.se (Nils-Erik.Gustafsson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Psycho Graphics
Message-ID: <1991Feb20.123009.5269@eua.ericsson.se>
Date: 20 Feb 91 12:30:09 GMT
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Eugene N. Miya writes:
 
  We are developing sophisticated color graphics systems for scientific
  visualization.  For better or worst, most of the scientific community is
  male, and 1/6 males have some degree of color blindness.

Not to be nit-picking, but it's not quite as bad as 1/6 (17%).
The literature seems to agree upon 6-8% (almost all having a
green/red-deficiency).

Nils-Erik (Gustafsson)
ELLEMTEL Telecom Systems Lab