Chrome extensions for color blind internet users.
Personally I think it absolutely crazy that a color blind mode is not built into most modern browsers considering up to 1 in 12 males are color deficient. The amount of missed sales and missed opportunities in E commerce due to badly optimised websites and color choices is mind blowing. However, I am here to list the very best chrome extensions for color blind internet users and to give you (I assume you are here looking for a solution) my input into these options.
Check out the various Color blind Tests here.
First off, a few quick explanations.
Chrome Extensions:
Chrome extensions are third-party programs that add functionality and features to the Google Chrome web browser. Some popular examples of Chrome extensions include ad blockers, password managers, and tab organizers. Extensions can be installed from the Chrome Web Store. Chrome extensions can be installed in other browsers using chromes underlying code or those supported by Chrome. Including the Vivaldi and Opera browsers.
Chrome Browser:
The chrome browser was created by Google and was first released in September of 2008. It is one of the most used internet browsers in history.
Color blind Internet Users:
These are folks like myself that have a color deficiency that struggle to see and or interact with many aspects of the web due to their color deficiency.
Purpose of Chrome extensions for color blind users.
There are three main color blind chrome extensions currently available and they serve different audiences and functions.
Category One:
Created by web developers for web developers to simulate color blindness so they can make changes to their websites and improve the overall accessibility of the website. These are used by clever web developers and website owners who realise that including the millions of color deficient internet users is good for business.
Category Two:
Chrome extensions created to assist those of us with color deficiencies so that we can interact with any web page independently of the developer making adjustments for us. These are great extensions for color blind internet users as they open up many aspects of a website to us. Bring greater definition and contrast to the colours used.
Category Three:
Chrome extensions created to allow you to click any color on screen and give you the color. There are lots of these but the mass majority are built by those with good color vision for others with good color vision. And due to this they have no need to label the color, they know the color, the tool just labels the RBG or HEX code, i.e the accurate representation of the color so it can be replicated in photoshop or illustrator.
However, there are a few that label the color being clicked in real world names (red, green, blue etc) and these are the ones listed here, these are the ones that help color blind users like me and you. These are great for accessing information on pie charts, graphs and maps, allowing us to define similar colours, label colours and identify key aspects of a web page that we may be missing.
Best Chrome Extensions for Color deficient web users.
Colour Enhancer
Category Two:
Color Assistance navigating a webpage.
What I say:
This is the one I use. It works well and easy to use.
What they say:
A customizable color filter applied to webpages to improve color perception, for people who are partially color-blind.
Number of Reviews
2711
Link To Colour Enhancer
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/color-enhancer/ipkjmjaledkapilfdigkgfmpekpfnkih?hl=en
ColorBlindClick
Category Three:
Pick any color from a webpage.
What they say:
Assistant for ColorBlind people
ColorBlindClick is an assistant for ColorBlind people.
Against Daltonism, this chrome extension is designed by colorblind developers to help all colorblind people to distinguish colors. It’s very simple to use, just point an object and click to get the NAME of the color,, not the color code but the color name in several languages (browser language).
ColorBlindClick allows users to capture the color of a pixel, takes the color code and using an algorithm selects the most similar color by comparing it with those in the database and after it shows the color name result indicating the percentage of similarity. ColorBlindClick is available also as APP for smartphone Android.
Number of Reviews
5
Link to ColorBlindClick Chrome Extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/colorblindclick/pojjmgampeacjoidbmlokipkmcjgmama?hl=en
Eye Dropper
Category Three:
Pick any color from a website
What they say:
Eye Dropper is open source extension which allows you to pick colors from web pages, color picker and your personal color history.
Eye Dropper is extension for Google Chrome and Chromium. It allows you to pick color from any web page or from advanced color picker. It is great tool for web developers.
HOME PAGE
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All info about Eye Dropper is available on https://eyedropper.org
CHANGELOG
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Full changelog at https://eyedropper.org/changelog
Number of Reviews
2687
Link to Eye Dropper Chrome Extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/eye-dropper/hmdcmlfkchdmnmnmheododdhjedfccka?hl=en
Colorblind-Dalton
Category Two:
Color Assistance navigating a webpage.
What they say:
Dalton is software allowing people with different kinds of color blindness (colour vision deficiency) to see more colors.
This software is adapt for Google Chrome !
Software for colorblind people.
Dalton is software allowing people with different kinds of color blindness (colour vision deficiency) to see more colors.
Dalton provides solutions to some of the everyday problems experienced by colour blind people. People with various types of colour deficiency could benefit from the use of Dalton software including those affected by Tritanopia (blue colour vision deficiency), Deuteranopia (green), Protanopia (red).
People generally have the assumption that if you suffer from blue-yellow color blindness these are the only colors you have trouble seeing. But that’s wrong. Color blindness doesn’t relate to just two color shades you can’t distinguish, it is the whole color spectrum which is affected.
The extension is totally free.The main aim is to help people to see the world colorful.
Number of Reviews
32
Link to Color blind Dalton Chrome Extension
Vision
Category Two:
Color Assistance navigating a webpage.
What they say:
Vision is software allowing people with different kinds of color blindness (colour vision deficiency) to see more colors.
Vision is software allowing people with different kinds of color blindness (colour vision deficiency) to see more colors.
Vision provides solutions to some of the everyday problems experienced by colour blind people. People with various types of colour deficiency could benefit from the use of Vision software including those affected by Tritanopia (blue colour vision deficiency), Deuteranopia (green), Protanopia (red).
People generally have the assumption that if you suffer from blue-yellow color blindness these are the only colors you have trouble seeing. But that’s wrong. Color blindness doesn’t relate to just two color shades you can’t distinguish, it is the whole color spectrum which is affected.
There are close to 300 million people who are colorblind and struggle every day. Many of them are prohibited from becoming pilots, scientists, doctors, police officers, firefighters, electricians, etc.
It is these people that Vision is aiming to assist, by making the world a much more colourful and better place for them.
Number of Reviews
3
Link to Vision Chrome Extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vision/ofdemndiibjjpjkmlcefokcmoiilning?hl=en
FreshEyes
Category Two:
Color Assistance navigating a webpage.
What they say:
Adapts webpage for color blind people.
Fresh Eyes is an extension that adds an accessibility function for individuals with red-green color vision deficiencies. It contains several selectable modes to allow the user to optimize the color spectrum of various web content.
Easy to use, with immediate effect, Fresh Eyes is a step in making the web more vibrant for everyone!
The modes are as follows:
NoFilter – As expected (#nofilter)
HueRotate – Highest color contrast for red-green color deficiencies (180 degree hue rotation)
TrueColor – Reduces appearance of colors indistinguishable to red-green color deficient individuals and intensifies contrast between the remaining red/green values for optimal contrast. (color matrix transformation)
TrueColorG – Like TrueColor, but with added gamma correction to make shadows darker without increasing brightness. (It increases contrast without distorting the colors)
TrueColorD – Like TrueColor, but with more color saturation more similar to unfiltered (slight desaturation)
TrueColorN – True Color with a slightly different optimization for user preference.
Number of Reviews
3
Link to FreshEyes Chrome Extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fresheyes/bgeggmjapkmjgniljnkgnbncpifgbnlk?hl=en