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From: maner@bgsuvax.UUCP (Walter Maner)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: The use of Red and Green
Message-ID: <5468@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 90 05:37:48 GMT
References: <44532@lanl.gov>
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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From article <44532@lanl.gov>, by jwk@lanl.gov (John W. Keller):
> I am developing a computer based instructional system that uses
> the colors green and red for, what would seem to be, the obvious
> ... 
> It was brought to my attention that since the most common color
> blindness is red/green that it would be difficult for some people
> to use the visual score.
> 
I applaud your sensitivity.
The obvious solution is to allow full user customization of colors.
In addition, there should be multi-sensory redundancy such that no
important information is presented in only one modality.

WALT

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