[FEWSLab] Colour me better: fixing figures for colour blindness

[Saswata Nandi]

Thank you for sharing it.

The article already mentioned two tools (1. https://colororacle.org/ and 2. https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/). for checking colorblind-safeness.

For generating color-blindness safe palettes, these additional resources may be helpful:

COLOR PALETTE ONLINE TOOLS:
• Gregor Aisch (https://gka.github.io/palettes/) - Universal online tool
• ColorBrewer (https://colorbrewer2.org) - Web-based tool with colorblind-safe options

PROGRAMMING LIBRARIES:
• Python:
   - Seaborn: sns.color_palette("colorblind", 8)
   - cblind package

• R:
   - Viridis package
   - RColorBrewer package
   - colorBlindness package


• Palette:

  - 'Okabe-Ito' palette Best regards, Saswata




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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02696-z#:~:text=Go%20grey.,or%20by%20completely%20desaturating%20it.&text=Pick%20a%20palette.,want%20hue%20or%20Viz%20Palette.



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