change colors of graphs to respect color vision deficiency

[kleemax]

The colors that vensim used for trajectories of graphs, for the loop tool etc. are problematic for people with color vision deficiency (CVD). Esp. the fact that Vensim uses red and green is problematic, because red-green CVD is the most common variant. Both readers of reports or audiences in workshops may contain CVD people.
Of course I can adjust this myself and had done so on one of my previous computers, but it's a hassle to do that with every machine over again. Plus many people with normal vision may not even be aware of this and may thus create problems for people with CVD.
I would therefore suggest to change the standard colors set in Vensim used to those that can be seen well by both people with normal vision and people with common color vision deficiencies. You may wanna add a check box to switch back to the color set is implemented now, to care for clients who do not want change in this respect.

[Administrator]

Is there any guidance on this anywhere?

We can easily add a button in the Vensim settings to "change to CVD friendly colours". We would need some guidance though, nobody in the company has this issue.

We'd be happy to make this change immediately.

[tomfid]

I've ticketed this for improvement.

[tomfid]

In development:

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