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I thought those colorblind simulators were just a gimmick until I tested a dashboard I designed and the key metric was invisible.
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reeseanderson1mo ago
Been there. Made a whole chart where the "urgent" line was bright green. My colorblind buddy asked why I was celebrating all the bad numbers. Felt like a real genius that day.
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reese55114d ago
My "very serious" sales graph had critical thresholds marked in red and green bars. Showed it to a client who nodded along politely. Found out later he was colorblind and thought everything was trending perfectly. We had missed three major red flags that were basically invisible to him. Now I pattern everything with shapes and textures too. Little triangles for bad, circles for good. Saves me from my own bad design choices.
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