Software for the colorblind: Tenebraex eyePilot June 20, 2008
Posted by tcbp in : Color Vision , 2 commentsPretend you’re at a busy subway or train station in a city you don’t know your way around. You’re supposed to pick out the trains you need and the stations to switch at to get somewhere. The lines are all color coded: red, blue, green, yellow, orange, etc. What do you do if the colors are muted or not particularly clear and you’re color blind?
If you guessed stand there frustrated and confused, you guessed right!
Even under ideal conditions, like on a calibrated computer screen, greens can blend in to oranges and they can be difficult to differentiate from reds for many people (and there are certainly other kinds of color vision defects). If you haven’t figured it out by now from posts about color vision and the title of this site haven’t given it away, I’m one of those people.
There are various programs on the market catering to helping people with color vision problems better understand what is on their computer monitor. Although not generally tools for photography, some can come in handy and since I get a lot of people coming here after searching for color vision related topics I think writing about these programs is appropriate. One tool which I have owned for a couple years and does come in handy from time to time is eyePilot made by Tenebraex and available here: http://www.colorhelper.com/.