Did you know that around 300 million people around the globe are color-blind? Upon first thought, you may doubt how these stats are relevant when you are working on a killer pitch deck design. However, the moment you realize that most present-day presentations rely heavily on their visual components, the understanding becomes overwhelming.
If you ignore your PowerPoint presentation’s accessibility, you may discard as many as 10% of the audience before you even start. Considering the importance of the question, Whitepage experts decided to compile a guide that will help you create presentations that are as inclusive as possible. Today, we will talk about the core of color blindness as a disability and its impact on presentations. Our professionals will share effective tips on how to enhance PowerPoint accessibility along with a few tools that come of use along the way.
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Understanding Color Blindness
You can only make necessary accommodations for color blindness if you know precisely what it is. People who are color blind, or in other words are affected by color vision deficiency(CVD), can’t distinguish between specific colors. In rare cases – people perceive the world through black-and-white palettes.
As many as 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women suffer from the condition, and these stats make it all the most critical to attune your presentation’s accessibility to their needs…
