Find out what it is like to be colour blind by exploring the many links from this page to other websites which have been produced to show people with normal colour vision what it is like to live in a colour blind world.
Take the Colorblind World test to see how you might cope if you were colour blind! The test displays a series of slides that illustrate how colour vision defects cause problems in the real world. It is available at www.neitzvision.com
Colour vision simulators
Even more interesting are colour blindness simulators* such as ColorOracle, Colour Contrast Analyser. Many can be found via Google search/Chrome extensions or within Adobe Photoshop but note no simulators are 100% accurate for each type or severity. Simulators allow you to upload your own images and enable you to simulate images on your screen.
There are some great simulation apps for smartphones such as iDaltonizer (iOS only) and CVSimulator too (iOS and Android – free)*.
The Australian Colour Blind Awarenesss website provides advice and links to further websites which simulate what it is like to be colour blind at www.members.optusnet.com.au/~doverton
Within www.colorvisiontesting.com there are some interesting stories and comments from colour blind people and parents of colour blind children – see Frequently Asked Questions and follow the page to Shared Stories.
*Note we cannot take responsibility for any software or apps which you chose to download. Third party downloads are undertaken at your own risk.
