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“Effective Color Contrast”

Designing for People with Partial Sight and Color Deficiencies

by Aries Arditi, PhD

This web page contains three basic guidelines for making effective color choices
that work for nearly everyone. Following the guidelines are explanations of the
three perceptual attributes of color — hue, lightness and saturation — as they
are used by vision scientists.

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