Spectrum

Instantly test your web page with different types of color vision deficiency.

Total ratings

3.77 (Rating count: 56)

Review summary

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Pros

Helps with eye strain
Instantaneous color blindness simulation
Easy to use
Great for UX testing

Cons

Last update was in 2017
Some reported it not working on certain websites
Not accurate for all types of color blindness
Doesn't work on YouTube videos in full screen
Requires refreshing or restarting the browser after installation
May cause conflicts with other extensions or sites

Most mentioned

Not working or stopped working
Refreshing or restarting the browser
Works great but has limitations
Doesn't modify all DOM objects
Resetting of settings
Background colors/images not modified
Causes conflicts with other sites or extensions
Last update in 2017

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Recent rating average: 4.20

All time rating average: 3.77

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Date	Author	Comment
2021-09-03	Najla N. A	Actually got recommended to this extension from an article, I just feel i wanted to try it although i don't need it.. But to be honest this extension help my eyes from getting hurt than made it dark theme (i don't really like dark theme, also this is just my opinion). Btw beside of this extension last update is 2017, I saw some people saying this "not working", Idk if this because it's not working on some website or they forgot to refresh page. Because you literally need to REFRESH or RESTART BROWSER anytime after installing an extension. Note: btw on google search, I saw it's working but,, with the low-contrast mode it's make some things of article being highlighted (idk how to describe it) iis that normally like that or..? I don't have problem at all with that I just want to mention that. (here the photo since I am not good at describe thing:https://i.imgur.com/2WSyvmq.jpg)
2021-08-17	Beatriz Albino	Hi there! Is this project open source? could you send me the link? :D
2019-10-10	Archi Cad	I'm a color vision expert and I must say this colorblindness simulator has a lot of shortcomings. It shows protanopia red way too dark, as well as deuteranopia red. It also shows protanomaly and deuteranomaly red hues way too reddish than what they truly perceive them. Their reds are much more closer to yellow hues. Tritanomaly simulation is almost the same as normal vision which is totally wrong. Tritanopia simulation is also wrong since it shows that they practicaly see a whole hue circle with some saturation loss, while in reality they only perceive two hues - our reddish pink and cyanish hue. All in all, if you want to use this extension, use only protanopia and deuteranopia simulations since those are the closest to being correct, but keep in mind that reds are represented darker for both types than what they should be, especially for deutans who see red wavelengths much brighter relative to green wavelengths (they still see both colors as yellowish hues) compared to normal vision. Deuteranopia simulation is actually very close to being correct if it was named protanopia, it just needs a slight double grays (around pink and aqua green) position shift.
2018-08-06	Nerdy Maple	I had to restart my computer, but it works. It has a nice range of colour blindness to chose from, and you don't even have to reload the page as it works instantly! I would recommend this to anyone.
2018-02-16	Shadowbandit	Works well enough, but I have to reset it every time I change the page. I saw that you were going to update it to where it stays, even after a refresh, but until then, I recommend other extensions, such as colorblinding, which can do the same thing, only it does what your app cannot.
2018-01-22	Just Nierninwa	Shame it doesn't work on YouTube videos when you open them in full screen. But it's nice that it's instantaneous and doesn't need reloading the page! :)
2017-07-04	Malgorzata Felis-Maj	Hah! It didn't work when I've added it to my browser. I restarted the computer and it works now :)
2017-05-09	Jordyn Bonds	Quite helpful! Just wish it worked on local files.
2017-04-26	David Mills	I enjoy the simple, clever technique for applying the filters!
2017-04-09	Jonathan Gregson	It does the job. One thing I would suggest is to use the common name for the type of color blindness. I wanted to test what it would look like to specifically red-green color blind individuals, so I had to Google red-green color blind to figure our that "Deuteranopia" is what I was looking for. It would ideally be written as "Deuteranopia (red-green)" in the menu.

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