Symbols of colors used in Portugal for transport
Hans Åberg via Unicode
unicode at unicode.org
Mon Apr 29 14:00:24 CDT 2019
> On 29 Apr 2019, at 20:02, Doug Ewell via Unicode <unicode at unicode.org> wrote:
>
> Philippe Verdy wrote:
>
>> A very useful think to add to Unicode (for colorblind people) !
>>
>> http://bestinportugal.com/color-add-project-brings-color-identification-to-the-color-blind
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>> Is it proposed to add as new symbols ?
>
> Well, it isn't proposed until someone proposes it.
>
> At first I thought Emojination would be best to write this proposal, to
> improve its chances of approval. But these aren't really emoji; they're
> actual text-like symbols, of the type that has always been considered
> appropriate for Unicode. (They're not "for transport" per se; they are a
> secondary indication of colors, meant for the color-blind.)
>
> One important question that a proposal would need to answer is whether
> these symbols are actually used in the real world. They seem like a good
> and innovative new idea, and there is always a desire to help people
> with physical challenges; but neither of those is what Unicode is about.
> For non-emoji characters, there is usually still a requirement to show a
> certain level of actual usage.
The guy who made the artwork for Heroes is completely color-blind, seeing only in a grayscale, so they agreed he coded the colors in black and white, and then that was replaced with colors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_(U.S._TV_series)
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