Color Blindness Helper Chrome extension icon

Color Blindness Helper

👥 11 users
📦 v1.0.0
💾 62.76KiB
📅 2025-12-05
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Overview

**🎨 Comprehensive Color Blindness Support**
- **8 Different Filter Types**: Support for all major forms of color blindness
- Protanopia & Protanomaly (Red-blind/Red-weak)
- Deuteranopia & Deuteranomaly (Green-blind/Green-weak)
- Tritanopia & Tritanomaly (Blue-blind/Blue-weak)
- Achromatopsia & Monochromacy (Complete color blindness)

**👁️ Live Color Preview**
- See exactly how colors will appear before applying filters
- Compare normal colors with filtered colors side-by-side
- Make informed decisions about which filter works best for you

**🎚️ Adjustable Intensity Control**
- Fine-tune filter intensity from 0% to 100%
- Blend filters with original colors for subtle adjustments
- Find the perfect balance for your vision needs

**✅ Easy to Use**
- One-click enable/disable toggle
- Simple dropdown menu for filter selection
- Instant application to any website
- Reset button to restore defaults

**🔄 Universal Compatibility**
- Works on all websites automatically
- No configuration needed
- Settings persist across sessions

### 🎯 Who Can Benefit?

- **Color Blind Users**: Approximately 8% of men and 0.5% of women worldwide
- **Web Developers**: Test how websites appear to colorblind users
- **Designers**: Ensure accessibility in their designs
- **Educators**: Understand color vision differences
- **Anyone**: Improve web accessibility awareness

### 📋 Supported Color Blindness Types

**Red-Green Color Blindness (Most Common)**
- **Protanopia**: Complete absence of red cone cells. Cannot distinguish red from green.
- **Protanomaly**: Defective red cone cells. Reduced sensitivity to red light.
- **Deuteranopia**: Complete absence of green cone cells. Cannot distinguish red from green.
- **Deuteranomaly**: Defective green cone cells. Most common type (~6% of males).

**Blue-Yellow Color Blindness**
- **Tritanopia**: Complete absence of blue cone cells. Cannot distinguish blue from yellow.
- **Tritanomaly**: Defective blue cone cells. Rare form of color blindness.

**Complete Color Blindness**
- **Achromatopsia**: Complete color blindness. See only in grayscale (~1 in 30,000).
- **Monochromacy**: Only one type of cone cell functions. Extremely rare.

### 🚀 How to Use

1. **Install** the extension from Chrome Web Store
2. **Click** the extension icon in your browser toolbar
3. **Toggle** the switch to enable/disable color filters
4. **Select** your color blindness type from the dropdown menu
5. **Preview** how colors will appear with the live preview
6. **Adjust** intensity using the slider (0-100%)
7. **Apply** settings to see the changes on the current page
8. **Reset** anytime to restore default settings

### 🔒 Privacy & Security

- **No Data Collection**: We don't collect, store, or transmit any personal data
- **Local Storage Only**: All settings are stored locally on your device
- **No Tracking**: No analytics, tracking, or external connections
- **Open Source**: Transparent and trustworthy code

### 💡 Use Cases

- **Reading Websites**: Make text and graphics more distinguishable
- **Online Shopping**: Better identify product colors and options
- **Data Visualization**: Understand charts and graphs more clearly
- **Gaming**: Distinguish game elements and UI components
- **Education**: Access educational content with color-coded information
- **Work**: Use color-coded tools and applications effectively

### 🌟 Why Choose Color Blindness Helper?

✅ **Most Comprehensive**: Supports 8 different color blindness types
✅ **User-Friendly**: Intuitive interface with live preview
✅ **Privacy-Focused**: No data collection or tracking
✅ **Lightweight**: Minimal performance impact
✅ **Free**: Completely free with no ads or premium features
✅ **Regular Updates**: Continuously improved based on user feedback

Tags

Productivity/communication design productivity/communication

Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

🔐 Security Analysis

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