I suffer from color vision deficiency as well. While not completely colorblind I have great difficulty distinguishing between subtle shades of various colors.
I've experienced most of the issues others mentioned above but it hasn't stopped me from playing yet. It gets a bit frustrating at times but the games just to good
CariElf
Adobe Photoshope actually makes a filter which will allow designers/developers to simulate various types of colorblindness people suffer from.
Article:
http://www.creativepro.com/story/news/9112.html
CNN Article: http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/10/12/photoshop.colorblind.idg/
Clipped from CNN article:
"(IDG) -- Colorfield Digital Media, a new Pittsburgh, Penna., company, has announced the release of Colorfield Insight 1.0, a $79 Adobe Photoshop filter that allows designers to simulate the effects of colorblindness when viewing images. The filter is available now for purchase online.
The company notes that about seven percent of the male population suffers from visual color deficiency (it is extremely rare in women). The filter gives designers an idea of how images will appear when colorblind people view them."
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Color Blindness is actually much more prevalent than people realize. Here's a quote below taken from: http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/2.html
"Colorblindness is typically a genetic condition, and it is much more common in men than in women. Approximately one in 12 men has at least some color perception problems. Less common, acquired deficiencies stem from injury, disease, or the aging process. Also, although not called "colorblindness," when people age, their corneas typically turn yellowish, severely hampering their ability to see violet and blue colors."
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Here's another from an excellent CNN article discussing the new eyeglasses developed for people with color vision deficiencies.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/04/20/color.blindness.wmd/
Clipped from the CNN article:
"Colorblindness, or more accurately color vision deficiency, mostly affects men and tends to run in families. As many as one in 12 men has some degree of this condition, as compared to about one in every 250 women. Besides difficulty with red-green perception, some people have other color vision problems, such an inability to distinguish yellows from blues. In very rare cases, a person may be truly colorblind and see only shades of black and white.
The ColorMax lenses work by shifting the wavelengths of the light entering the eye towards the longer end of the visible spectrum, Bailey says, making it easier for the eye to distinguish between the "warm" colors -- reds, yellows and oranges. However, the wavelengths of colors at the shorter end of the spectrum -- blues and purples -- are also shifted. These may actually become slightly harder to distinguish. Greens fall in the middle and are less noticeably affected. The result is not "normal" vision, but an enhanced contrast between colors.
When Siciliano first tried the lenses, he could instantly see many more variations in shades of color. "You have to relearn all of the colors with the glasses on," he says. "Someone has to tell you that 'that is red.' You say, 'OK, that's red,' and work from there." "
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Colorblindness comes in varying degrees. If you're interested in the prevalent types, or the effects of hue & bightness on those of us with color vision deficiencies, some of the more prevalent types are reviewed here: http://members.aol.com/nocolorvsn/color2.htm
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