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Submitted 1 year and 161 days ago (more from colororacle.org)A color blindness simulator for Windows, Mac and Linux. It takes the guesswork out of designing for color blindness by showing you in real time what people with common color vision impairments will see. Color Oracle applies a full screen color filter to what you are designing - independently of the software in use. Eight percent of all males are affected by color vision impairment.
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