Multi-Cue Communication

The User Reality: Interfaces that rely solely on colour to convey meaning - such as red/green status lights - exclude users with colour vision differences or specific visual processing challenges.

Research:

The Openality Standard

Critical information must be encoded through multiple channels to ensure accessibility regardless of the user's visual profile.

• Constraint: Critical information must not be conveyed solely through colour.
• Requirement: Alternative cues, such as shapes, patterns, or text labels, must be provided for all essential interactions.

Core Behaviours

Colour Independence: Designing interfaces that do not rely on colour as the sole means of conveying information, ensuring accessibility for users with colour vision differences.

Colour Customisation: Allowing users to adjust colour schemes to suit their individual visual needs and preferences, enhancing accessibility and comfort.

Primary Interaction Patterns

Colour Customisation Module: An interface component that enables users to modify colour schemes, ensuring that critical information is accessible through multiple cues and tailored to individual visual profiles.