Editing Color blindness (section)

===Aids===
Many mobile and computer applications have been developed to aid color blind individuals in completing color tasks:

* Some applications (e.g. [[color picker]]s) can identify the name (or coordinates within a [[color space]]) of a color on screen or the color of an object by using the device's camera.
* Some applications will make images easier to interpret by the color blind by enhancing color contrast in natural images and/or information graphics. These methods are generally called ''daltonization'' algorithms.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Simon-Liedtke |first1=Joschua Thomas |last2=Farup |first2=Ivar |title=Evaluating color vision deficiency daltonization methods using a behavioral visual-search method |journal=Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation |date=February 2016 |volume=35 |pages=236–247 |doi=10.1016/j.jvcir.2015.12.014|hdl=11250/2461824 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* Some applications can simulate color blindness by applying a filter to an image or screen that reduces the gamut of an image to that of a specific type of color blindness. While they do not directly help color blind people, they allow those with normal color vision to understand how the color blind see the world. Their use can help improve inclusive design by allowing designers to simulate their own images to ensure they are accessible to the color blind.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/colour-blindness-experience-it/|title=Colour Blindness: Experience it|website=Colour Blind Awareness|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-11|archive-date=28 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228204850/http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/colour-blindness-experience-it/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2003, a cybernetic device called [[eyeborg]] was developed to allow the wearer to hear sounds representing different colors.<ref>Alfredo M. Ronchi: ''Eculture: Cultural Content in the Digital Age.'' Springer (New York, 2009). p. 319 {{ISBN|978-3-540-75273-8}}</ref> Achromatopsic artist [[Neil Harbisson]] was the first to use such a device in early 2004; the eyeborg allowed him to start painting in color by memorizing the sound corresponding to each color. In 2012, at a [[TED Conference]], Harbisson explained how he could now perceive colors outside the ability of human vision.<ref>[http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color.html "I listen to color"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812034717/http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color.html |date=2012-08-12 }}, Neil Harbisson at TED Global, 27 June 2012.</ref>