Colourblindness - Did you know?

“What colour is this?” is the most annoying question you can ask your colourblind friend.

Basketball Star recreated in Inkscape

I expect these cartoon characters would be a lot quicker to draw with pen, pencil and paper than in a vector graphics program, but recreating them this way gives me great practice in Inkscape. This character is from page 8 of 25 Quick Cartoon Characters by Christopher Hart.

Old West Sheriff recreated in Inkscape

"There's a new sheriff in this here town. This is the kind of cowtown that needs a lot of law. There's right and there's wrong. You got to do one or the other. You do the one and you're living. You do the other and you may be walking around, but you're dead as a beaver hat."

The Old West Sheriff is recreated here in the free vector art package Inkscape using the guide on page 7 of 25 Quick Cartoon Characters by Christopher Hart.

The Sheriff talk includes phrases from The Alamo and Winchester '73.
"There's right and there's wrong. You got to do one or the other. You do the one and you're living. You do the other and you may be walking around, but you're dead as a beaver hat." - John Wayne as Davy Crocket in The Alamo.
"This is the kind of cowtown that needs a lot of law." - Will Geer as Wyatt Earp in Winchester '73.

The Man with a Plan cartoon character recreated in Inkscape

The Man with a Plan cartoon was recreated using the free vector art package Inkscape following the guide on page 6 of 25 Quick Cartoon Characters by Christopher Hart. For a book with so few pages, I am learning loads and getting some good practice and insight into Inkscape as I go along.

Useful article about colourblindness (Colour vision deficiency) from the NHS

The NHS have useful information on their website about colourblindness, including information on; an explanation of what it is; types and symptoms of colour vision deficiency; tests for colour vision deficiency; issues for people with a colour vision deficiency; causes of colour vision deficiency; how colour vision deficiency is inherited. The NHS page can be found here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/colour-vision-deficiency/

Trendy-haired teen cartoon recreated in Inkscape

This wee lass is recreated from page 5 of 25 Quick Cartoon Characters by Christopher Hart using the free vector graphics program Inkscape.

Colourblindness did you know?

The first document written about colourblindness was by a chemist, John Dalton, in 1798. He himself was colourblind.

Glasses Girl cartoon recreated in Inkscape

She looks more like a woman than a girl, but hey-ho. She is recreated in Inkscape from page 4 of the 25 Quick Cartoon Characters book by Christopher Hart. I've done a quick animation test on this head using Crazy Talk Animator 3 and posted the result on my Mad Dog Youtube channel.

Colourblindness facts

Colour blindness, or more correctly Colour Vision Deficiency affects 8% of males (1 in 12) and 0.5% of females (1 in 200)

Useful Hex colours

Please note that the below list will be added to periodically

Fleshtones

           #ffe0bd
           #ffcd94
           #eac086
           #ffad60
           #ffe39f

Eyes

           #5e481e Brown
           #542a0e Brown
           #63390f Brown
           #603101 Brown
           #451800 Brown
           #a1caf1 Baby Blue
           #2c4c63 Deep Blue


Hair

           #d8c078 Blond
           #e3cc88 Blond
           #f2da91 Blond
           #f2e1ae Blond
           #f2e7c7 Blond

Lipstick

           #f4846c Coral in Gold (Rimmel)
           #f69687 Nude Pink (Rimmel)
           #a8050e Red
           #d7020f Blood Orange
           #f32021 Red (Pigment)

Green eye created in Inkscape

Feel free to use this png eye in your projects. A linkback would be nice, but is not necessary.