Recolr
Recolr is a compact and portable product that make people with colour vision deficiency be independent. Through Recolr colour vision deficiency people experience colours through vibration. Designed in such a way that it’s inclusive for all age group.
Project Type
Personal Project
Duration
4 Weeks
Role
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Types of colour vision deficiency
The colours of people with Colour Vision Deficiency
Regular Vision
Regular Vision
The colours seen by people who are not colour blind.
Deuteranopia
Red-green Colour blindness
The most common type of colour blindness makes it hard to tell the difference between red and green.
Tritanopia
Blue-yellow Colour blindness
This less-common type of colour blindness makes it hard to tell the difference between blue and green, and between yellow and red.
Monochromacy
Complete Colour blindness
If you have complete colour blindness, you can’t see colours at all. This is also called Monochromacy, and it’s quite uncommon.
Statistic
Colour Vision Deficiency_Data
Colour blindness is more common than you might think!
It’s estimated that there are 300 million colour blind people in the world!
According to the statistics 1 in 12 men has Colour Vision Deficiency and 1 in 200 women has Colour Vision Deficiency. This equals to 8% of the male and 0.5% of the female population. So 4.5% of overall population in Britain has some form of Colour Vision Deficiency most of whom are male. That’s 2.7 million people just in UK!
This means that 95% of the colour blind community are men. 98% of those with colour blindness have red-green colour blindness.
My Experience
World of colour vision deficiency
After the interview, I was inquisitive to experience the world of colourblind people. Using CV stimulator app on my phone, I spent an entire day doing my everyday work from buying fruits and vegetables to crossing roads to designing. I was astonished by the world of colour blind people, as they had very few ranges of colours. I was able to empathize and relate more to the difficulties that they are facing every day.
Insights
Struggles of a Colour Vision Deficiency Person
These are the difficulties distressed by the colour vision deficiency person in their day to day life.
Market Study_Existing products
Inclusive Design ?
These some of the products in the current market that supports people with colour blindness.
Sketch_CMF_Moodboard
Ideation and Form Development
Comfortable
Portable
Simple
Lucid
Recolr
Making colour accessible to everyone !
Recolr is a compact and portable product that make people with colour vision deficiency be independent. Through Recolr colour vision deficiency people see colours.
Details
Technical_Usage
Minimal button
Simple grip on either side to give comfort to the user.
Grip
Two simple buttons, the bigger button is to power on and off the device and the small circular button is or the laser.
Chargeable
Recolr is a wireless charging device.
Laser to point
The pointer has a laser light to give a sense of
indication of where the pointer is been focused.
User Scenario
No more mismatch_Independent
Not being able to be independent is like bird without a wing, Everyone in this world deserve to experience everything! Recolr is there to give colour blind people an experience to feel the colour!
Making Colours Accessible!
Making Colours Accessible!