# Colors(blue/purple) too similar for colorblindness **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback\ **Created:** [January 26, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224 "2016-01-26T21:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@Pasa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pasa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/21 "2016-01-28T18:21:30Z")
We already have distinct marks in all the tiles, so even a completely color-blind person can make them apart by that. Maybe altering the outer shape a bit could help more than messing with colors. ---
**Author:** ![TaliaParks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/taliaparks/32/11738_2.png) [@TaliaParks](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TaliaParks)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/22 "2016-01-28T20:50:57Z")
> [@Pasa](#): > > even a completely color-blind person can make them apart Obviously not or else people whom actually suffer from colour-blindness wouldn’t feel the need to make a thread and post in it. ---
**Author:** ![Pasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@Pasa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pasa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/23 "2016-01-28T21:03:59Z")
> [@TaliaParks](#): > > > [@Pasa](#): > > > > even a completely color-blind person can make them apart > > Obviously not or else people whom actually suffer from colour-blindness wouldn’t feel the need to make a thread and post in it. They claim above is they can’t diff the color. I said they should pay (more) attention to the picture then. ---
**Author:** ![TaliaParks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/taliaparks/32/11738_2.png) [@TaliaParks](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TaliaParks)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/24 "2016-01-28T21:22:47Z")
“They” includes myself, so I know what I am talking about sir. ---
**Author:** ![Pasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@Pasa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pasa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/25 "2016-01-28T23:17:05Z")
/me confused: you can’t see the pictures on the buttons? ---
**Author:** ![TaliaParks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/taliaparks/32/11738_2.png) [@TaliaParks](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TaliaParks)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/26 "2016-01-28T23:46:26Z")
Between the Green and Blue it can be difficult in certain situations. Personally I do not require any function to help me play, but I don’t speak for everyone whom is colour-blind. ---
**Author:** ![xSidarothx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/xsidarothx/32/478_2.png) [@xSidarothx](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/xSidarothx)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/27 "2016-01-29T01:19:38Z")
+1 for making blue/purple a bit more distinct. And since this is a game which relies prominently on colour it _should_ have a colour-blind mode imo. Then again, I could imagine dozens of things this game _should_ have. Since the developing ressources are limited, other things should have priority though. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/28 "2016-01-29T01:24:56Z")
Yeah, making the Blue a bit brighter will be a great start. ---
**Author:** ![LegendMaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/legendmaker/32/859_2.png) [@LegendMaker](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/LegendMaker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/29 "2016-02-08T20:46:19Z")
I’m not color-blind, but I have very sensitive eyes (I have chronic ophthalmic migraines) and some color combinations can be an issue to distinguish for me at times. Blue/Green isn’t a problem for me, but Red/Purple is. It’s not unusual for me to completely miss a 4 or 5 gem match when there’s a lot of Red and Purple gems intertwined on the board, whereas I would have seen it clear as day with, say, Yellow and Brown gems instead. It seems pretty tricky to find a set-up that works for every condition, though. For instance, the darker Green proposed by @kzintiwife above would probably mash up with Brown for me (at least contrast less than it currently does). Perhaps a Red/Purple change soothing for me would prove detrimental to others as well. ---
**Author:** ![Verethragna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3be4f8/32.png) [@Verethragna](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Verethragna)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/30 "2016-02-08T22:01:57Z")
From the sounds of it, the two best options I see are to make the symbols more distinct or to add a color blind mode option. With the first, maybe add more bevel to the symbols to make them “pop” more? Maybe outline them with black? As for the color blind mode, you could have sub options for different types of color blindness so that you aren’t changing the game stylistically when selected. Or, it could change the shape of certain problem gems? ---
**Author:** ![theDrew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/thedrew/32/11408_2.png) [@theDrew](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/theDrew)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/31 "2016-05-29T16:12:43Z")
yes PLZ add colorblind mode as an option, i would love it if the BLUE was a lighter color yes! and for me, i thought BROWN was a faded black lol. but my only issue is with purple/blue, their shade is too close, and tougher to tell on the troop list cause i have the number turned on them, covers some of the symbols too… i strain to see the symbols on the troop listing. ---
**Author:** ![Grimmorith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/grimmorith/32/4379_2.png) [@Grimmorith](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grimmorith)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/32 "2016-05-29T16:16:00Z")
I am colorblind as hell, just go by the shapes😃 ---
**Author:** ![kzintiwife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kzintiwife/32/2350_2.png) [@kzintiwife](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/kzintiwife)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/33 "2016-05-30T01:49:07Z")
my son’s tablet is weird, the colors invert after sleeping… this was actually really easy for me to play… ---
**Author:** ![theDrew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/thedrew/32/11408_2.png) [@theDrew](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/theDrew)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/34 "2016-10-28T20:18:12Z")
i did not think it was that difficult to add colorblind mode/option :{~ ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/35 "2016-10-28T21:09:05Z")
I honestly feel life if we just had a tick-box in the option to make the mana icons (within the gem circle) a hard color (white/grayscale with black stroke) that would 100% fix the issue for me. To clarify, red has the little fire icon, green has the grass, blue has the wave… those are the icons i mean. No need IMO to change the entire gem graphic. ---
**Author:** ![theDrew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/thedrew/32/11408_2.png) [@theDrew](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/theDrew)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/36 "2016-10-28T21:52:25Z")
ya, not much needs to change to make it work for people like me really. and many games do have those options. and it is hard to see under the # icon for the mana on the troop card too, i don’t always remember or memorize what all troops mana colors are, my fault tho… ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/37 "2016-10-28T21:54:15Z")
I feel for you. It’s easy for developers to overlook accessibility when they build a feature. Given how core to this game the gem colors are, I feel like this request should be taken more seriously. The developers might be missing out on a set of players who want to play but can’t; that’s money not in the bank. ---
**Author:** ![theDrew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/thedrew/32/11408_2.png) [@theDrew](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/theDrew)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/38 "2016-10-28T22:01:48Z")
two things, they r an over worked team, and i appreciate all that they do, do… but it would not cost a ton of time and $ to make a smart simple change or additional option for this. and i can still play, just takes longer at times because of my isue mainly with purple/blue being so close for me! and sometimes i do make mistakes, u kinda glance over the battlefield and not looking right at the symbols. who makes sure each color is that symbol!!! no, they just see colors and play, hate when people suggest i can just look at the symbols, IF the shapes were radically different too, then that would help too. which the DEVs said they would NOT be changing either. ---
**Author:** ![evilbatwitch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/evilbatwitch/32/1499_2.png) [@evilbatwitch](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/evilbatwitch)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/39 "2016-10-31T22:02:52Z")
As a .1%er (a colorblind female) I have “fun” with purples and browns. Frankly, I have trouble with the symbols, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mekkalyn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mekkalyn/32/21868_2.png) [@Mekkalyn](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mekkalyn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224/40 "2016-10-31T23:31:27Z")
I always take for granted my noncolorblind eyes. I complain a lot internally about my horrible near blindness without contacts - I can only see a few inches in front of my face without them. And I have an astigmatism in both eyes, that and the thickness of my script messes with the feel of my contacts and certain scripts give me horrible headaches. And not to mention the fact that I am very light sensitive… but I’d honestly rather deal with that than worry about experiencing video games easily (which is a huge part of my life). I hope devs make an option for you to play more easily. At least my problem can be fixed with a simple prescription… yours is at the whim of developers for any game. A selfish part of me doesn’t want the colors or shapes to change, which is why I’m hoping that an optional switch is added to the menu. Either way I hope it’s addressed and fixed for color blind. I think this (along with some other quality of life changes) should take a much higher priority than it does (clearly, since this thread is going on a year old) [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/colors-blue-purple-too-similar-for-colorblindness/3224.md?page=3)