Colorblindness and Gaming

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Are there people out there unable to play games because of colorblindness? A friend of mine cannot play Call of Duty 2, or most any fps wargame. So games that are especially harsh for the colorblind, do they have any fixes or workarounds?
How rampant is this issue among gamers?
 
Well I guess he's red/green colorblind? Is the issue mainly just that the colors for the flags are odd so he can't tell who to shoot or is it just completely unplayable?

I dunno anybody that's colorblind, but maybe you could weird out the colors on the TV until they're so he can see them better. It would have weird colors (pretend they're aliens :p), but maybe he could at least play it.
 
[quote name='SpazX']I dunno anybody that's colorblind, but maybe you could weird out the colors on the TV until they're so he can see them better.[/QUOTE]

Dude. He's colorblind.
 
There's variations and different extents of colorblindness, all called 'colorblind'.
Red/green is the most common I think. *True* colorblindness, ie, seeing only in black/white/shades of grey, is relatively uncommon, although something like 1 in 12 people have colorblindness to some extent.

"Deuteranomaly: Having a mutated form of the medium-wavelength pigment. The medium-wavelength pigment is shifted towards the red end of the spectrum resulting in a reduction in sensitivity to the green area of the spectrum. Unlike protanomaly the intensity of colors is unchanged. This is the most common form of color blindness, making up about 6% of the male population."

granted, that's from wikipedia.

http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html
 
[quote name='Scorch']Dude. He's colorblind.[/quote]
Red/green or blue/yellow probably, most likely red/green. So red and green show up as shades of gray while other colors are essentially fine. Light comes in different wavelengths and therefore picked up by different pigments in the eye, he can see most colors (if not he has got quite the disability and should be worried about quite a bit more than games).

Your eye pretty much distinguishes between red/green, blue/yellow, and black/white, you can tell this by staring at an image of those colors and then looking at a plain white surface where you'll see the opposite (red to green, blue to yellow, black to white or vice versa) because you've worn out the detectors for those colors and looking at a neutral surface causes the opposing to fire (sort of like putting your hand in cold water and then moving it to room temperature water makes the water feel warm).

That explanation wasn't entirely necessary, but I was bored, so whatever. I'm not sure if adjusting the colors on the TV will help much, but I guess it's worth a shot.
 
My roomate is red/blue I think, or something like that. There was this part in Final Fantasy X where you have to run along this path and grab the BLUE butterflys but not the RED ones. I had to tell him as he ran up to one what color it was.

It rarely ever becomes an issue though.
 
My friend Michael can't play games like Bust-A-Move because he's colorblind (red-green, I think) It's funny (the I'm going to hell for thinking it's funny kind) because he makes flash cartoons and people often have to tell him that he's using the wrong color for things
 
[quote name='peteloaf']My friend Michael can't play games like Bust-A-Move because he's colorblind (red-green, I think) It's funny (the I'm going to hell for thinking it's funny kind) because he makes flash cartoons and people often have to tell him that he's using the wrong color for things[/QUOTE]
Making fun of the colorblind isn't a damnable offense. If he was completely, blind-as-a-bat blind, THEN you would be going to hell.
 
i have trouble telling the difference between dark navy socks and black ones, I get made fun of when i dress nicely sometimes for the 2 different color socks. I like to think of it as mine own version of color blindness


And men are much more likely to be color blind than women, gotta love genetics.
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']i have trouble telling the difference between dark navy socks and black ones, I get made fun of when i dress nicely sometimes for the 2 different color socks. I like to think of it as mine own version of color blindness


And men are much more likely to be color blind than women, gotta love genetics.[/QUOTE]
Stop getting dressed in the dark.
 
[quote name='VanillaGorilla']Stop getting dressed in the dark.[/QUOTE]


i cant afford to put the lights on unless I order that 3 mediums pizzas for 5 bucks each at Dominos
 
I'm colorblind, but I can't say that I've ever really had trouble playing games though. I have some trouble with some flash games, like collapse in the CAG arcade (not specifically that game though).

[quote name='dtcarson']http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html[/QUOTE]

I can only see the number in the first circle. With a couple of them, I can see that there is something in it, but I can't make out what the number is.
 
Different shades of blue and purple screw me up really bad. I dont know if its due to colorblindness but it sucks...
 
[quote name='scorch']
Dude. He's colorblind.
[/Quote]

It's been covered by others, but colorblind very rarely means people can't see ANY colors. My father-in-law is colorblind and he never learned to drive partly as a result of that (the red/green light thing - yes, I know one is on top all the time, etc, you'd have to ask him :D). But he can generally tell when something is red or green so I'm not sure how it really works. But tweaking the display to distort red and green into other colors might do the trick.

[quote name='Ikohn4ever']
And men are much more likely to be color blind than women, gotta love genetics.[/QUOTE]

Well, yes, it is an X chromosome trait, so men can get it from their mothers who may be carriers (since it is recessive). What that means is men CANNOT get it from their fathers who are colorblind. Now, since my father-in-law is color blind, that means my wife is a carrier. So 1 of her X chromosomes has it. We have 2 boys, who, of course, get their 1 X chromosome from her. So they each had a 50% chance of being colorblind. Video games were an excellent early test for them. They both have no problem telling red and green apart, glad to say. Not that it is a horrible condition or anything, but I'm a very visual-oriented person (into photography, computer graphics, and of course, video games) so I couldn't imagine what it would be like.
 
I'm partially colorblind (have trouble with similar brown/red/greens, and blue/purple, and the such), and I have no trouble for the most part. The only problem is when teams in multiplayer use very similar colors (such as yellow and light green), and I can't tell if I'm shooting a teammate or an enemy.
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']i cant afford to put the lights on unless I order that 3 mediums pizzas for 5 bucks each at Dominos[/QUOTE]Thems good eats. :lol:

Well, for the moneys.
 
[quote name='hector031']I'm colorblind, but I can't say that I've ever really had trouble playing games though. I have some trouble with some flash games, like collapse in the CAG arcade (not specifically that game though).



I can only see the number in the first circle. With a couple of them, I can see that there is something in it, but I can't make out what the number is.[/QUOTE]
I doubt I'm colorblind (my opthamalogist hasn't said anything in the 20 years I've seen an eye doctor, and never had issue with colors) but I can only see the number in the first one, and barely make out partial numbers in the rest of the circles. So I don't really approve of that test.
 
Video games are minor when talking about colorblindness.

I dare you to compete in the Twister World Championships.
 
I'm colorblind. The red/green type I think. Anyways I've never had a problem. The OP's friend has FPS motion sickness I bet.
 
Of course, that test website adds another level--it's also dependent on your PC monitor settings, which it's pretty much a guarantee all of ours aren't *exactly* the same, and probably can't show the 'approved' color contrasts. Same reason they say 'Colors may not be represented accurately' for clothing colors or paint colors on websites. I posted it just as an example.
 
[quote name='dtcarson']Of course, that test website adds another level--it's also dependent on your PC monitor settings, which it's pretty much a guarantee all of ours aren't *exactly* the same, and probably can't show the 'approved' color contrasts. Same reason they say 'Colors may not be represented accurately' for clothing colors or paint colors on websites. I posted it just as an example.[/QUOTE]

That's a good point. I know I'm red-green colorblind at least. They had one of the test circles in one of my biology class and I was the only one in there that couldn't see it. That's always a wonderful time :) I would love to get one of the full tests to see how colorblind I am.
 
Strange thing about me: In Army Men: Sarge's Heroes for the N64, all the green army men looked light blue (almost teal) to me. Everyone else saw them as green. It's the only Army Men game to do that to me, all the others looked green.
 
[quote name='peteloaf']My friend Michael can't play games like Bust-A-Move because he's colorblind (red-green, I think) It's funny (the I'm going to hell for thinking it's funny kind) because he makes flash cartoons and people often have to tell him that he's using the wrong color for things[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah forget to mention that too - I have trouble with color oriented games like Bust a Move and Zuma - I have to rely on the shape/animation of the pieces to distinguish between the yellow/green ones.
 
I had a friend who was colorblind, but I hated playing him because he always whooped my ass. Especially at Goldeneye. He's the reason I hate that game.
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']i have trouble telling the difference between dark navy socks and black ones, I get made fun of when i dress nicely sometimes for the 2 different color socks. I like to think of it as mine own version of color blindness


And men are much more likely to be color blind than women, gotta love genetics.[/QUOTE]

Everyone has trouble with that (at least I think everyone does.) I can never tell the difference until I see them in natural light or flourescent light. If you're saying you can't tell the difference even in sunlight, then I guess you maybe are slightly color blind.

dt's test worked fine for me.
 
[quote name='wubb']
dt's test worked fine for me.[/QUOTE]
Much easier on my LCD here at work than it was on my laptop monitor. I got all of them easily except the bottom left (can barely see it once I know what it is)
 
[quote name='cyclonus11']I had a friend who was colorblind, but I hated playing him because he always whooped my ass. Especially at Goldeneye. He's the reason I hate that game.[/QUOTE]

ironic :)
 
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