Colorblindfriendly

Type	Python Script
Download	colorblindfriendly.py
Author(s)	Jared Sampson
License	MIT
This code has been put under version control in the project Pymol-script-repo

Introduction

Certain colors are indistinguishable to people with the various forms of color blindness, and therefore are better not used in figures intended for public viewing.

This script generates a palette of named colors for PyMOL that are unambiguous both to colorblind and non-colorblind individuals.

The colors listed here are defined according to recommendations found at J*FLY. This website is a good reference to consult when making all kinds of figures, not just those made using PyMOL.

Colors

The 0-255 RGB values from the J*FLY page have been used and converted to decimal notation (e.g. 230/255 = 0.902).

	name	R	G	B	alternate names
	cb_black	0.0	0.0	0.0
	cb_orange	0.902	0.624	0.0
	cb_sky_blue	0.337	0.706	0.914	cb_skyblue, cb_light_blue, cb_lightblue
	cb_bluish_green	0.0	0.62	0.451	cb_bluishgreen, cb_green
	cb_yellow	0.941	0.894	0.259
	cb_blue	0.0	0.447	0.698
	cb_vermillion	0.835	0.369	0.0	cb_red, cb_red_orange, cb_redorange
	cb_reddish_purple	0.8	0.475	0.655	cb_reddishpurple, cb_rose, cb_violet, cb_magenta

Usage

Use these color names just like any other named color, using the color command:

import colorblindfriendly
color cb_skyblue, all