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Colourblind mode

nemesrichard
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This game is 9 years old and there is still no colourblind mode.
  • isadoraisacat
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    Is there something one can adjust on their monitor ?
    That compensates for this ? I don’t know if I’m colored blind… but it never really was something I thought about.
  • JavaRen
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    On PC you can adjust the color for combat cues and chat channels, this might help with finding contrasts that are better for you? (Apologies, I really don't know a thing about what you need and I'm just trying to make a helpful guess.)
  • Hamish999
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    JavaRen wrote: »
    On PC you can adjust the color for combat cues and chat channels, this might help with finding contrasts that are better for you? (Apologies, I really don't know a thing about what you need and I'm just trying to make a helpful guess.)

    I'm red/green colourblind and did this years ago. Barbie pink for enemy effects and yellow for friendly, so much easier to see than the defaults.

    Edit:
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    Edited by Hamish999 on April 20, 2023 9:12PM
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  • isadoraisacat
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    Hamish999 wrote: »
    JavaRen wrote: »
    On PC you can adjust the color for combat cues and chat channels, this might help with finding contrasts that are better for you? (Apologies, I really don't know a thing about what you need and I'm just trying to make a helpful guess.)

    I'm red/green colourblind and did this years ago. Barbie pink for enemy effects and yellow for friendly, so much easier to see than the defaults.

    Ah gotcha I guess I’m not than when I see an enemy it turns red for their affect. I don’t remember seeing any green though maybe I didn’t notice it ?

    Personally I wish there was another way to signify those things without the colors I find it a little distracting and stressful too look at too much color.
  • nemesrichard
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    JavaRen wrote: »
    On PC you can adjust the color for combat cues and chat channels, this might help with finding contrasts that are better for you? (Apologies, I really don't know a thing about what you need and I'm just trying to make a helpful guess.)
    Hamish999 wrote: »
    JavaRen wrote: »
    On PC you can adjust the color for combat cues and chat channels, this might help with finding contrasts that are better for you? (Apologies, I really don't know a thing about what you need and I'm just trying to make a helpful guess.)

    I'm red/green colourblind and did this years ago. Barbie pink for enemy effects and yellow for friendly, so much easier to see than the defaults.

    Edit:
    h6w5m714mna9.jpg

    thank you.
  • Necrotech_Master
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    Hamish999 wrote: »
    JavaRen wrote: »
    On PC you can adjust the color for combat cues and chat channels, this might help with finding contrasts that are better for you? (Apologies, I really don't know a thing about what you need and I'm just trying to make a helpful guess.)

    I'm red/green colourblind and did this years ago. Barbie pink for enemy effects and yellow for friendly, so much easier to see than the defaults.

    Ah gotcha I guess I’m not than when I see an enemy it turns red for their affect. I don’t remember seeing any green though maybe I didn’t notice it ?

    Personally I wish there was another way to signify those things without the colors I find it a little distracting and stressful too look at too much color.

    the default colors "red" bad and "green" are not always really the brightest and can get muted out by other effects going on, which is why a lot of people use a really bright color for the bad so its easier to see and avoid
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  • isadoraisacat
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    Hamish999 wrote: »
    JavaRen wrote: »
    On PC you can adjust the color for combat cues and chat channels, this might help with finding contrasts that are better for you? (Apologies, I really don't know a thing about what you need and I'm just trying to make a helpful guess.)

    I'm red/green colourblind and did this years ago. Barbie pink for enemy effects and yellow for friendly, so much easier to see than the defaults.

    Ah gotcha I guess I’m not than when I see an enemy it turns red for their affect. I don’t remember seeing any green though maybe I didn’t notice it ?

    Personally I wish there was another way to signify those things without the colors I find it a little distracting and stressful too look at too much color.

    the default colors "red" bad and "green" are not always really the brightest and can get muted out by other effects going on, which is why a lot of people use a really bright color for the bad so its easier to see and avoid

    Maybe I am color blind ??? I can’t recall ever seeing green ?
  • isadoraisacat
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    JavaRen wrote: »
    On PC you can adjust the color for combat cues and chat channels, this might help with finding contrasts that are better for you? (Apologies, I really don't know a thing about what you need and I'm just trying to make a helpful guess.)
    Hamish999 wrote: »
    JavaRen wrote: »
    On PC you can adjust the color for combat cues and chat channels, this might help with finding contrasts that are better for you? (Apologies, I really don't know a thing about what you need and I'm just trying to make a helpful guess.)

    I'm red/green colourblind and did this years ago. Barbie pink for enemy effects and yellow for friendly, so much easier to see than the defaults.

    Edit:
    h6w5m714mna9.jpg

    thank you.

    I like the aesthetic look of the pink and neon green here better than the default look of the red and green Xmas colors. I’m going to just it just because it looks better
    Edited by isadoraisacat on April 20, 2023 11:51PM
  • katanagirl1
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    You can change the aoe color but not the color around the npc. The hubby has trouble sometimes telling if they are yellow or red. He’s like me and only wants to attack hostiles but occasionally attacks the yellow npcs instead.
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  • Soarora
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    Hamish999 wrote: »
    JavaRen wrote: »
    On PC you can adjust the color for combat cues and chat channels, this might help with finding contrasts that are better for you? (Apologies, I really don't know a thing about what you need and I'm just trying to make a helpful guess.)

    I'm red/green colourblind and did this years ago. Barbie pink for enemy effects and yellow for friendly, so much easier to see than the defaults.

    Ah gotcha I guess I’m not than when I see an enemy it turns red for their affect. I don’t remember seeing any green though maybe I didn’t notice it ?

    Personally I wish there was another way to signify those things without the colors I find it a little distracting and stressful too look at too much color.

    the default colors "red" bad and "green" are not always really the brightest and can get muted out by other effects going on, which is why a lot of people use a really bright color for the bad so its easier to see and avoid

    Maybe I am color blind ??? I can’t recall ever seeing green ?

    Green usually shows up with player allies healing aoes. If you're worried about being colorblind there's tests online.
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  • danno8
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    Hamish999 wrote: »
    JavaRen wrote: »
    On PC you can adjust the color for combat cues and chat channels, this might help with finding contrasts that are better for you? (Apologies, I really don't know a thing about what you need and I'm just trying to make a helpful guess.)

    I'm red/green colourblind and did this years ago. Barbie pink for enemy effects and yellow for friendly, so much easier to see than the defaults.

    Ah gotcha I guess I’m not than when I see an enemy it turns red for their affect. I don’t remember seeing any green though maybe I didn’t notice it ?

    Personally I wish there was another way to signify those things without the colors I find it a little distracting and stressful too look at too much color.

    the default colors "red" bad and "green" are not always really the brightest and can get muted out by other effects going on, which is why a lot of people use a really bright color for the bad so its easier to see and avoid

    Maybe I am color blind ??? I can’t recall ever seeing green ?

    Go here and test yourself!

    https://colormax.org/color-blind-test/
  • blktauna
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    I'm somewhat blue/yellow and the preponderance of blue ihard. I also have a problem differentiating AD and DC
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  • ghastley
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    A significant point is that ESO tries to let each player adjust UI colors to suit their own needs, rather than provide a single “color-blind mode” that works only for the most common red/green case. This is limited by the need to prevent UI changes from acting as cheats, so you might not get everything you hoped for, just enough.
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