When You Think This Was Going To Be A Great Plan, But It Really Wasn’t

Planning to meet the needs of color vision deficiency is not as easy as you might imagine

Photograph taken by the author and edited using CANVA.

Following my recent hospital visit last week, I noticed that they had changed their flooring to a dark grey style with colored shapes printed at regular intervals throughout the building.

It is certainly about time that this action was taken to support many sufferers of Color Vision Deficiency in the local health authority. Further information pertaining to this has previously been written in my earlier article which you can read below.

The Invisible Struggle for People Experiencing Color Vision Deficiency (CVD)

But hang on, they are little colored shapes on dark flooring throughout.

Is anyone seeing a problem there?

Deuteranomaly.

Most people who are red-green colorblind have this type. It makes green appear redder. This generic form of color blindness is mild and usually doesn’t interfere with everyday tasks.

Protanomaly.