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From: Sean Curtis
Date: Thu, Jul 30 2015 6:24PM
Subject: Accessibility for pantone colours
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Does anyone have any information regarding verifying the accessibility of
colours for printed media? A quick web search didn't reveal anything.

Cheers,

Sean

From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Fri, Jul 31 2015 3:07PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility for pantone colours
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I believe printed materials are specifically exempt from Sec. 508 in the US.
Since WCAG is WEB content accessibility, I don't recall ever seeing anything regulating printed material in it.

However, IF you wanted to contest the contrast/readability of printed materials, that could always be done. The printing and graphic arts industry has tons of measurement devices (densitometers, etc.) that measure the percentage of ink on paper and I'm sure some number could be derived for the optimal amount of contrast between the ink and paper substrate.

But I've never heard of quantified data or recommendations on accessibility or contrast of colors in printed media.

If you find any, let us know!

—Bevi Chagnon

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Does anyone have any information regarding verifying the accessibility of colours for printed media? A quick web search didn't reveal anything.

Cheers,
Sean

From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: Sun, Aug 02 2015 5:04PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility for pantone colours
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Perhaps this reference from the American Printing House for the Blind
may prove at least a helpful start. Perhaps, too, they may be willing to
provide further guidance, based on experience/research.


http://www.aph.org/accessible-media-guidelines/


Best,
Jennifer





On 7/31/2015 2:07 PM, Chagnon | PubCom wrote:
> I believe printed materials are specifically exempt from Sec. 508 in the US.
> Since WCAG is WEB content accessibility, I don't recall ever seeing anything regulating printed material in it.
>
> However, IF you wanted to contest the contrast/readability of printed materials, that could always be done. The printing and graphic arts industry has tons of measurement devices (densitometers, etc.) that measure the percentage of ink on paper and I'm sure some number could be derived for the optimal amount of contrast between the ink and paper substrate.
>
> But I've never heard of quantified data or recommendations on accessibility or contrast of colors in printed media.
>
> If you find any, let us know!
>
> —Bevi Chagnon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Sean Curtis
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 8:25 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility for pantone colours
>
> Does anyone have any information regarding verifying the accessibility of colours for printed media? A quick web search didn't reveal anything.
>
> Cheers,
> Sean
>
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