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Something I've found useful in setting web page and print materials' colors
is uploading an image and viewing it as a color blind person would see it. http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckImage.php
Rick
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From: Dan Goldstein
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:52 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Color blindness
I always assume that some of my readers have trouble seeing color. For
example, if there were both a red Sign In box and a blue Sign In box*,
I'd identify them as the "upper" and "lower" Sign In boxes.
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