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Accessibility Color Wheel

Accessibility Color Wheel
Normal This box shows the colors with normal vision. Use: Choose a foreground color by pointing the mouse over the wheel or the vertical grey gradation strip and click or, if you have a touch screen, just touch them. Then click the "Background" button and choose a background color the same way. If a checkmark becomes visible the color pair is good for accessibility.

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