Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
4 results found tagged colour blindness.
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Equipping designers by simulating the effects of visual and hearing impairments
This short Assets '07 demonstration paper from the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre describes a software simulator built to help designers — especially product and communications designers, not just web designers — understand the effects of common…
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Learning and Perceiving Colors Haptically
This paper presents a novel system for enabling blind individuals to learn, perceive, and compare colours through haptic (touch-based) feedback. Colour is a purely visual feature that cannot be perceived through auditory or olfactory senses, yet it p…
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Challenging and Improving Current Evaluation Methods for Colour Identification Aids
This paper critically examines how Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD) aids are evaluated, exposing fundamental flaws in common evaluation practices. CVD affects approximately 5% of the population and impairs the ability to accurately identify and discrim…
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30 Years of Solving the Wrong Problem: How Recolouring Tool Design Fails those with Colour Vision Deficiency
This paper critically examines three decades of research into recolouring tools — colour filters and daltonization algorithms designed to help people with Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD) differentiate colours — and finds that these tools fundamentally…