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hellocatfood
Asked: 2011-05-31 23:57:11 +0800 CST

Is there a color scheme generator for the Desktop that can simulate color blindness?

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Are there any color scheme generators that can simulate color blindness and export these results to a color palette file or generate a css stylesheet ? I've used Gpick and was recently introduced to this website but I'm really after a desktop application (for when I'm not connected to the Internet) that can generate color schemes.

Are there any applications that can do that?

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3 Answers

  1. Compiz has a colour filter plugin. It allows you to transform any colour into another and it sounds like it might be perfect for highlighting colour blindness. What is instantly better than a browser plugin is that you can apply this to any window or even the entire screen.

    You'll want to install compizconfig-settings-manager before you do anything else. And one note before you enable it, you'll probably need to change the keys because they'll conflict with other plugins. The combination in the screenshot below worked for me.

    If you can't find it, make sure compiz-plugins-main is installed.

    It seems like deuteranopia and protanopia are the filters you want. Just delete the ones you don't need and you'll be able to switch between the modes you want very easily. If you want to make any changes to the existing filters, look in /usr/share/compiz/colorfilter/data/filters/

    Good luck!

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  2. I've used Color Oracle before. It's written in Java and runs very well on Ubuntu. Even though installing it is slightly unintuitive.

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    To run it,

    • Download the Linux version, and extract the archive somewhere

    • Right click the resulting .jar file, select Properties, Permissions, Allow executing file as program

    • Right click it again, then choose Run with OpenJDK Java 6 Runtime

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  3. Best Answer

    Based on this feature request, colour blindness simulation has been added to Gpick.

    1. In order to use it you have to first compile the latest source code from the Google Code website
    2. Once installed, launch the program and click on Edit > Edit Transformations
    3. In the 'Transformations' dialog enable 'Enabled' check box.
    4. Add 'Color vision deficiency' transformation to the list by clicking "Add" button. enter image description here
    5. Double click on the added transformation to edit its properties. enter image description here
    6. Click OK when finished

    From then all of the work done in gpick will take the specified color blindness into effect

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