designing scientific figures for color blind people to make them more accessible Everybody knows a color blind person. Everybody knows Mark Zuckerberg, he’s color blind. Or Bill Clinton, or Keanu Reeves, or… Color vision deficiencies are very common and affect a substantial portion of the population. As many as 8% of men and 0.5% of women are affected with the common form of red-green color blindness. It is important to be aware of these data the moment you start designing your next figure for your research publication. Picking the right colors for your next figure is a must. Color blindness is actually bad terminology. So, when choosing a color scheme for your scientific figures, it helps to know which shades are difficult to distinguish for your color blind readers. This is how non-color blind people see green & red This is how color blind people see green & red It is obvious that you should avoid these colors in designing your scientific figures. A good way to start is this color blind safe palette. Proof setup in Photoshop P.S.
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