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Hi Kevin,

Very difficult as there doesn't seem to be a standard anyway for red and green. True green means on, i was thinking red on the other hand can mean on or off. So without standardisation and a method to detect the correct colour there is always going to be a problem. Better design and choosing better designed products seems the best way to go to me. Also carrying something to detect colour as others have suggested. It would be good to highlight the issue with the Design Council to my mind.

Good luck let's hope this changes.

Thanks
Karen

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On 28 Jul 2015, at 16:29, "Kevin Brunton" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi

I've received a a query that's completely new to me so I'm hoping that someone out there might be able to comment. I've copied the query exactly as it was explained to me:

"The student has a red green deficiency which is effecting his ability to distinguish LEDs on studio equipment. He struggles to discern if equipment is on or off and if LED signals are going into the red. This also applies to Logic software where distorting signal paths are indicated with red. I don’t think these red alerts in Logic can be colour customised. 

This also effects him in the environment at large which is increasingly using red green or tonally similar alerts, eg, Oyster card tapping (when wearing headphones which cancel out the additional audio alert) and even if the locks use red, green switching (similar to those sometimes found on toilet doors)".

If anyone has any ideas for tackling this issue then they would be gratefully received.

Thanks

Kevin Brunton
Edge Hill University
Times Higher Education University of the Year
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