realcolor 0.1.0

Simulate colorblindness in Python charts

realcolor: simulate colorblindness in Python charts

realcolor is a lightweight Python package designed to show how colorblind people see your graphs. It simulates all types of colorblindness (deuteranopia, protanopia, tritanopia) by showing you your graphic as seen by a colorblind person. It works with matplotlib and everything built on top of it (seaborn, plotnine, etc).

[!NOTE] Colorblindness affects up to 1 in 12 males (8%) and 1 in 200 females (0.5%)[^1]

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/y-sunflower/realcolor.git

Quick start

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot([1, 2, 3], [4, 2, 5], label="Group A", lw=4)
ax.plot([1, 2, 3], [2, 5, 3], label="Group B", lw=4)
ax.legend()

from realcolor import simulate_colorblindness

simulate_colorblindness(fig)

Plotnine

from plotnine import ggplot, geom_point, aes
from plotnine.data import anscombe_quartet

ggp = ggplot(anscombe_quartet, aes(x="x", y="y", color="dataset")) + geom_point(size=10)

from realcolor import simulate_colorblindness

simulate_colorblindness(ggp)

[!TIP] Looking for support of other data visualization libraries? Open an issue.

[^1]: Deane B. Judd, "Facts of Color-Blindness*," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 33, 294-307 (1943)