As a colorblind person, I can't see links

moss-shadow

Dogs-are-amazing1 wrote:
Does this work better? Link: https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/870707228/
Edit: it might not have enough contrast with white though; if it doesn’t I’ll try something else

For me, yes, but orange on orange would not work for other people. The header is fine for me. It's the text

moss-shadow

ajskateboarder wrote:
moss-shadow wrote:
Yellow is the opposite of purple, so yes, they are the most contrasting colors, but yellow is hard to see in general, so orange or lime green would be the next best option.
Orange does not contrast with purple very well, at least according to WebAIM

https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=FF5900&bcolor=800080

The colors you put in aren't even the colors Scratch is using /nm
Also I wouldn't trust an overly complicated website. Color theory says that yellow and purple are the most contrasting, red and green, and blue and orange.

D-ScratchNinja

The good thing is, most of the links on Scratch 3-styled pages are bold as well, which works like an alternative to distinguishing by color.

Dogs-are-amazing1

moss-shadow wrote:
Dogs-are-amazing1 wrote:
Does this work better? Link: https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/870707228/
Edit: it might not have enough contrast with white though; if it doesn’t I’ll try something else

For me, yes, but orange on orange would not work for other people. The header is fine for me. It's the text

Someone suggested changing the links back to blue:
https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/discuss/topic/694340/

-RabbitWorld-

That's so sad to hear. I hope the ST does something to help people like you.

ISC-33

Just use those extensitons
(removed by moderator - please don't name browser extensions)

Last edited by cosmosaura (July 1, 2023 16:14:38)

Dogs-are-amazing1

ISC-33 wrote:
Just use those extensitons
(removed by moderator - please don't name browser extensions)
It’s against the rules to name extensions , and not everyone can get them

Last edited by cosmosaura (July 1, 2023 16:14:49)

ScratchCatHELLO

how's this as a replacement color scheme?

Prince_Wolf1

ScratchCatHELLO wrote:
how's this as a replacement color scheme?

I have normal vision and this doesn’t contrast well and would probably fail on the test

ScratchCatHELLO

Prince_Wolf1 wrote:
I have normal vision and this doesn’t contrast well and would probably fail on the test

that's because you're looking at a ~1080p image at a much lower (>700p) resolution
hold on while I check the test
looks like it needs to be a bit brighter
problem is it has to contrast with a dark background and light text on and around it, so the orange would have to be tweaked very carefully

this one meets the criteria better

Last edited by ScratchCatHELLO (July 1, 2023 13:29:41)

PaperMarioFan2022

Wait, you're blind? I never knew that about you

I'm so sorry to hear that, I hope that the Scratch Team can fix this for people like you.

cosmic_cat24

moss-shadow wrote:
Dogs-are-amazing1 wrote:
Does this work better? Link: https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/870707228/
Edit: it might not have enough contrast with white though; if it doesn’t I’ll try something else

For me, yes, but orange on orange would not work for other people. The header is fine for me. It's the text

I have normal vision, but I'm very sensitive to brightness. This purple is hurting my eyes

ajskateboarder

ScratchCatHELLO wrote:
how's this as a replacement color scheme?

This looks great in dark mode, although it might look strange in light mode. What colors did you use for this mockup? (hex codes)

Anuhmayshun

ScratchCatHELLO wrote:
how's this as a replacement color scheme?

Looks more halloweeny than anything, if you ask me.

PaperMarioFan2022

ScratchCatHELLO wrote:
(#50)
Prince_Wolf1 wrote:
I have normal vision and this doesn’t contrast well and would probably fail on the test

that's because you're looking at a ~1080p image at a much lower (>700p) resolution
hold on while I check the test
looks like it needs to be a bit brighter
problem is it has to contrast with a dark background and light text on and around it, so the orange would have to be tweaked very carefully
-snip-
this one meets the criteria better

Or maybe this will fit the criteria better:

M1mikyu

moss-shadow wrote:
It's hard to explain color to people who can, so I lowered the saturation to try to show you that the purple color is too dark and does not contrast enough with the regular gray text. I can still tell what's a link and what's not after being on here for 8 years, but it's very hard for me to tell because–if taken away the color and set everything to 0 saturation–you can see that both colors have almost exactly the same saturation levels, making it harder for blue-purple colorblind people like me to use Scratch.

https://ibb.co/ZKrGwNJ
(There's literally no other way for me to upload an image without paying, sorry)

I recommend using CubeUpload for hosting images, it’s completely free
Also I didn’t know you were colorblind Mossy!

M1mikyu

ScratchCatHELLO wrote:
how's this as a replacement color scheme?

Ngl it looks pretty cool, kind of gives a Halloween vibe. I’d love that as a color theme option! If there were to be different Scratch themes that you can select through Account Settings, this one could be called “Halloween”.

Prince_Wolf1

ScratchCatHELLO wrote:
Prince_Wolf1 wrote:
I have normal vision and this doesn’t contrast well and would probably fail on the test

that's because you're looking at a ~1080p image at a much lower (>700p) resolution
hold on while I check the test
looks like it needs to be a bit brighter
problem is it has to contrast with a dark background and light text on and around it, so the orange would have to be tweaked very carefully

this one meets the criteria better

Dark orange on black

portalpower

ScratchCatHELLO wrote:
Prince_Wolf1 wrote:
I have normal vision and this doesn’t contrast well and would probably fail on the test

that's because you're looking at a ~1080p image at a much lower (>700p) resolution
hold on while I check the test
looks like it needs to be a bit brighter
problem is it has to contrast with a dark background and light text on and around it, so the orange would have to be tweaked very carefully

this one meets the criteria better

Cool idea, the main problem is that you have two different shades of orange (the one from the logo and the one from the messages). Putting two super similar colors next to each other generally isn't a very good idea. Other than that, it's pretty good. It looks very halloweeny (which makes me wonder if seasonal themes would be a good idea, but that's a story for another day).

moss-shadow

PaperMarioFan2022 wrote:
ScratchCatHELLO wrote:
(#50)
Prince_Wolf1 wrote:
I have normal vision and this doesn’t contrast well and would probably fail on the test

that's because you're looking at a ~1080p image at a much lower (>700p) resolution
hold on while I check the test
looks like it needs to be a bit brighter
problem is it has to contrast with a dark background and light text on and around it, so the orange would have to be tweaked very carefully
-snip-
this one meets the criteria better

Or maybe this will fit the criteria better:

I do like this one a lot. The notification orange will probably have to be a different color or a lighter orange with black text or something. White on orange worries me, but the darker orange works out for that, and the yellow on black for links works very well.

Discuss Scratch