The Adobe Color workflow allows you to create color themes from RGB, CMYK, Lab and HSB color models. Creating Pantone Themes from Existing Color Themes A new tool in Adobe Color lets you determine if colors in a theme will pose issues for those with color vision deficiencies. For more details, see the blog post “ Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day with Adobe Color.”įigure 1. You can drag sliders or move swatches on the color wheel to resolve these problems.
#Pantone color wheel simulator
The simulator displays how the swatches will display with each type of deficiency. There are two ways to test for color blindness design issues in Adobe Color: (1) Open to the Color Wheel interface, and use the controls to create a color theme (as described in my article), then click the Accessibility Tools tab or (2) open a color theme already saved in a Creative Cloud library to view it in the Color Wheel, and click the Accessibility Tools tab (Figure 1). While Illustrator has had a tool for checking this, InDesign has not. With Adobe Color’s new accessibility tools, you can check a color theme against these three types of deficiency. Each of these deficiencies prevent people from distinguishing particular colors. There are three common types of color blindness-protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia. Adobe Color can now make that process easier. It’s helpful when designing with color to start with accessible design.
Building Tools for AccessibilityĬolor vision deficiency, better known as color blindness, affects about 3-5% of the world’s population. The new features described here are found at the Adobe Color website, and not in InDesign itself. I described these color tools in “InDesign’s Hidden Color Tools,” InDesign Magazine #106, February 2018. A color theme is a set of five color swatches chosen to represent color harmonies.Īdobe Color services are found at the Adobe Color website ( ) and in InDesign’s Color Themes panel. The other tool lets you create a Pantone color theme, based on the colors in an existing color theme using RGB, CMYK, Lab or HSB color models. Two new tools have been added to Adobe Color services this year: Just this month, a new feature was added to help identify and correct potential problems between colors when viewed by people with color blindness.