Presentations and Colorblindness

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Presentations and Color-blindness
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Color-blindness

• affects 8 of men
• 1/2 of women
• hereditary and sex-linked (in X chromosome)
• women can be unaffected carriers, men are 20
  times more likely than women to be color-blind
• one of the 3 types of color detectors (cone cell)
  is missing, gaps are filled by cones of the other
  two types
• people with color blindness generally can see
  most colors they have trouble distinguishing
  between some shades of red and green

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color-blindness example -- sea surface temperature
no color-blindness
protanope (red/green)
deuteranope (red/green)
trianope (blue/yellow - rare)
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if you use red, orange, brown, or yellow and
want a contrasting color, try blue, purple, or
gray
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protanope
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protanope
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