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Unpopular opinion: Red/green buttons on green backgrounds still pass QA way too often
I was checking out a new food ordering system at work last week. The manager was proud of the new interface. Every button was either red or green on a greenish background. I just stood there for a second and said I literally could not tell which was which. They looked at me like I had two heads. This happens at least once a year in my experience. Why do designers still do this? Has anyone else had to explain this to a dev team more than once?
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faithrodriguez5d ago
It misses the point though because red/green confusion isn't about a missing shade, it's about how colorblind people see the world. Over 300 million people have some form of color vision deficiency, and red and green look practically the same to them. Good QA means making sure everyone can use the thing, not just people with perfect color vision.
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