Color Blindness Tools
This page shall bring together a series of tools related to color blindness. If you are colorblind you might know the situation, that you are looking for the right tool to accomplish a certain task. And it is not easy to find the right one when colors are involved and not colorblind people are providing it.
I hope with this page I can build up nice list of color blindness related tools to help you as a colorblind person in many situations. Or they even can be very interesting for not colorblind visitors.
Color Name & Hue
Do you know the feeling that you see a certain color but can’t say to which main hue this color belongs to? To somebody with a severe color blindness this is something that happens many times a day and something you get used to.
Color Name & Hue can help you out. However you need at least the RGB, HSB or Hex value of the color to find the closest matching color name and its corresponding main hue—with the help of the tool.
It is also possible to just slide around the color spectrum and get a feeling of the 1640 different color names and their corresponding hues.
I often find a color which I just can’t categorize—is it blue or purple, brown or green, red or orange—and Color Name & Hue provides me with the correct answer.
Coblis — Color Blindness Simulator
Do you know how it looks like to be colorblind? You surely know that our colorful world looks different. But it is hard to imagine how a color vision deficiency exactly changes your color perception.
My Color Blindness Simulator called Coblis is the right tool to give you an impression of how a colorblind person sees the world. Just transform the sample picture to see how it looks like if you would be red-, green-, blue- or completely colorblind.
You can even upload you own images and see how they change their color spectrum while flipping through the different forms of color vision deficiency. Just try it out.
31 Responses to “Color Blindness Tools”
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January 22nd, 2008 at 9:43
Dear Sir,
Great Tools.
Are your Color Tools free usable ?
Wen yes, where is’t to download.
With regards,
willy Schmidhamer
January 22nd, 2008 at 14:48
Willy, up to now I’ve only release Color Name & Hue, which is an online tool and therefore can’t be downloaded onto your computer. In future I might also develop something for offline usage.
March 20th, 2008 at 1:08
Just thought I’d mention a great little program that I’ve used for years. It’s called WhatColor.
http://www.hikarun.com/e/
March 20th, 2008 at 7:59
Brian, thanks for the link. I also had a look at this tool and hope to write an article about it soon.
April 20th, 2008 at 16:01
If that would be available as a standalone program now, or as a plugin for Photoshop … nice tool.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:17
If this could be a plug-in for photoshop that would be a godsend!
Your tool is fabulous, but limiting for me because I cannot use it offline.
Great work – let’s get it off-line!
March 30th, 2009 at 19:16
My son is moderately colorblind. He is a 3.9 GPA high school student. He is wanting to select a career path in the math and science fields. Does anyone know of a list of careers that colorblind people cannot do? I know Electrician and Pilot are out.
April 30th, 2009 at 17:58
considering a carer in medicine?
check out http://www.colourmed.com/study.html
August 30th, 2009 at 11:51
Hi – I am a color blind designer – is there any pantone chart or service that include the names of colors? But I need also the generic color names as Blue, Green etc…
September 13th, 2009 at 7:20
thank you very much. it’s a big help for us espwcially for color blind person. more power.
October 16th, 2009 at 5:43
It is possible to still fly for a living with minor color blindness. He can go to the local FSDO and take a SODA test. (Statement Of Demonstrated Ability) They will take him out to the control tower and flash a light gun at him. It has a Red, Green, and clear lense on it. If he can tell the difference between the three colors, he passes and can even fly for the airlines if he passes all the other physical requirements.
October 16th, 2009 at 5:49
I meant to post this before:
This is regarding the requirements to obtain a flight physical.
Applicants for medical certification must be able to see the colors they need to perform airman duties safely. Aviation Medical Examiners (AMEs) check color vision by using special color plates. If you can’t pass the initial color vision test but otherwise meet medical standards, we may issue you a medical certificate with the limit “NOT VALID FOR NIGHT FLIGHT OR BY COLOR SIGNAL CONTROL.”
If you have a medical certificate bearing a color vision limitation, you may request reevaluation by writing to:
Aerospace Medical Certification Division, AAM-300
Federal Aviation Administration
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
P.O. Box 25082
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
The AME will ask you to demonstrate your ability to perform tasks that require color vision by giving you a signal light test. The Aerospace Medical Certification Division will consider the results of the test in reevaluating you.
October 26th, 2009 at 22:28
Does anyone know of any colouring pens with the name of the colour written on it?
Many thanks in advance
March 20th, 2010 at 14:11
Hi,
I am an Contact Lens Manufacturing Company, Our Company also manufactures X-Chrome Soft Contact Lenses for Colour Blind Patient, mostly 99% patient are corrected by it, if any one interested can contact me
Thanks
Dr. Ali Hussain
Director-Ali’s Eye Care Clinic
M.D- Ali’s Ophthalmic Lens Division (Manufacturer, Wholesaler & Exporter)
Head Office Address: Shop No 1, KSA Regency, 2nd Ripon Cross Lane, Hussaini baug, Madanpura, Mumbai 400008, India
Tel: +91-9867111284
Email: aliseyecare@yahoo.com
May 4th, 2010 at 23:55
Hey, that is a great set of tools! Thank you for bringing them together.
June 11th, 2010 at 13:04
Have you heard of Color Oracle?
It simulates three types of color blindness for the whole screen: http://colororacle.cartography.ch/
July 2nd, 2010 at 16:39
Hello,
I have been looking for a tool for the computer for color blind people, something that would allow me to see the differences between the colors on computer monitors that give me a problem.
Many websites, games and software are not produced with colorblind persons in mind and are difficult to navigate, play or use by us.
I have been experimenting with adjusting the color setting on the monitor, but as I do not see colors like the unfortunate 90% of the population who are afflicted with full color vision, I have had a difficult time.
Thanks
August 15th, 2010 at 8:56
do you have a tool like the color blindness simulator that will simulate color vision for those of us with mild color blindness?
thanks
September 25th, 2010 at 15:40
Hello, my company is developing an app for ‘Clothes Matching.’ This app is for business men and will create outfits automatically from your existing business wear; Suits, Dress Shirts, Neckties,etc. All you would do is input the clothing from your closet using graphic illustrations on the desktop and the outfits will be put together for you automatically. Depending on the degree of Color Blindness you experience you may or may not require assistance during the initial input phase: Example, if you know that a suit is Navy and not Black you would just click on the appropriate graphic. After that adding individual pieces should be easy and not require any assistance. I’m very interested in what you think. Please feel free to email me with your questions and/or comments. Thank you. Email: ben@re-dress.net
May 8th, 2011 at 14:30
I agree with many of the comments. A desktop application should be made using the colour naming technology of this online page.
I have tried whatcolor on windows 7 and it calls every colour that I mouseover as black.
I prefer the page on this website and the way the colours are named really describes them for the colour blind.
Please make a desktop app so we can have the colour name popup with our mouse pointer.
April 27th, 2012 at 15:10
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May 22nd, 2012 at 16:04
Hi
We are dealing with all kind of eye tests and essensials. Mollon-Reffin Minimal Test is the most reliable tests in colour vision.
Mollon-Reffin Minimal Test is
used to diagnose colour vision deficiencies, this test is rapid, it can be administered even at the bedside, and it is intended to offer the simplest possible task to the patient, being completed by children as young as three years of age The test consists of a set of grey chips of varying lightness, 3 sets of coloured chips and one demonstration chip.
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Thanks.
May 26th, 2012 at 4:44
Nice post! Thank you for providing great info. I like forward to your future posts. Keep up great writing.
May 26th, 2012 at 5:03
I live between Vancouver, Canada and Los Angeles, and would like to know what options are available on the west coast of North America for color blindness tools – i.e. contact lenses, etc.
Also, is there a good tool that can translate the RGB numbers used in photoshop to color names (i.e. green-yellow, flesh tone, pink, etc…)
Thank you so much for this great website.
May 26th, 2012 at 6:00
dear tom,
wel we dont have any idea about availability of colour blindness tools in north america,
but yes we can export you X Chrome Soft Contact Lenses from mumbai, India. By postage,
we would need to know the exact type of colour vision problem you have along with your eye measurements ie: Keratometry test readings for both eyes,
after receiving the above two test results we would be able to manufacture the lenses for your eyes,
the cost of 2 X-Chrome Soft Contact lenses with Advanced technology filters for colour correction will cost 230 $ USD (including postage charges) which needs to be send via western union money transfer to us.
From the date of receiving the transfer along with the test reports, your lenses will reach you in 4 to 10 working days
Feel free to contact us for any further information at aliseyecare@yahoo.com
Dr. Ali hussain
Director- Ali’s Eye Care
Co-Ordinator- Sight Savers, Mauritius ( Helping People to See Better)
June 24th, 2012 at 10:05
hello friends,
I know what problem a colourblind person face. very few career option or say no option left for colourblind person.
but, I really like to tell you all that, “SANJEEVAN SCHOOL FOR PERFECT EYESIGHT” can help us to improve our colour vision. I myself feel that change in colourvision test. and get normal report after the treatment.
I don’t know how much faith you all may keep on this comment but its true.
July 26th, 2012 at 19:13
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August 29th, 2012 at 20:56
Hello
One of my relatives told me that there is something that you can get for someone who is colorblind, that you can hold up to clothing materials, and it will tell the color of the item. Do you know of anything like this, and where it can be purchased? Thank you!
September 14th, 2012 at 12:49
Hi Friends,
We have developed a website (http://www.emblazonlife.com/) for helping colorblind people to filter image according to their type of colorblindness and see improved color differences in images.
This is completely free website.
Everyone is invited to try out the site and let us know your valuable feedback.
We are soon going to launch Android App for same functionality which will allow users to take snaps on the go and filter out the images on mobile/tab.
We have been working towards increasing awareness about colorblindness since our college days and have also released a Firefox addon ColorblindExt – (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/colorblindext/) since 2007.
Please let us know your inputs, which will help us help you better! :)
December 29th, 2012 at 3:06
Hello Brad,
Thanls for your post. Can you pls tell me how “SANJEEVAN SCHOOL FOR PERFECT EYESIGHT” helped you.
I have colour vision defficiency of Red-Green. I am happy to hear that some hope exist. Want to know approx cost of the package/ program.
Anand
December 29th, 2012 at 3:10
Dear Teresa,
There are various spectrophotometers are available in the market mainly used for measuring the colours of the object and display the colour names, RGB values and used for shade matching.
I am sure portable mini version which is of palm size can be used for the purpose.
One of th manufacturer is http://www.xrite.com
Thanks
Anand (nice_n_eazy@rediffmail.com)