Colourblind mode

nemesrichard · April 2023

This game is 9 years old and there is still no colourblind mode.

isadoraisacat · April 2023

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 · April 2023

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 · April 2023

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:

isadoraisacat · April 2023

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 · April 2023

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:

thank you.

Necrotech_Master · April 2023

isadoraisacat wrote: »

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

isadoraisacat · April 2023

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

isadoraisacat wrote: »

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 · April 2023

nemesrichard 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.)

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:

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

katanagirl1 · April 2023

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.

Soarora · April 2023

isadoraisacat wrote: »

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

isadoraisacat wrote: »

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.

danno8 · April 2023

isadoraisacat wrote: »

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

isadoraisacat wrote: »

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 · April 2023

I'm somewhat blue/yellow and the preponderance of blue ihard. I also have a problem differentiating AD and DC

ghastley · April 2023

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.