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From: Bevi Chagnon
Date: Apr 4, 2012 9:44AM

Yes and no. The majority of corporate webmasters work directly in (or at
least very closely with) the marketing department. Because web development
spans both marketing and IT, this issue should have been addressed by
someone right from the start.

At the very least, a webmaster should be able to work with the graphic
design team/marketing department about problems with colors like this one.
I'm sure there are places and situations where this isn't possible, which is
a shame.

Maybe we need to reach out more to graphic designers, marketing departments,
and others who control a corporation's branding. In this example, it seems
like a lot of people missed the problem.

--Bevi

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Another point, too. Usually the webmaster doesn't get to define the colors
used on a website for corporations. So, I rather feel sorry for those who
are forced to create inaccessible websites due to lack of awareness/concern
from their leadership.