Colorblind - hearts and diamonds look the same in high contrast mode

[PrimeBrew]

Can we maybe get some more high contrast color options or colorblind options? I can't tell the difference between hearts and diamonds in high contrast mode.

[taggedjc]

I'm surprised that the high-contrast mode doesn't make the diamonds orange.

To me, in high contrast mode, the diamonds and hearts both just look red the same as normal. It's just the clubs that turn blue.

[Goblin]

Originally posted by taggedjc:

I'm surprised that the high-contrast mode doesn't make the diamonds orange.

To me, in high contrast mode, the diamonds and hearts both just look red the same as normal. It's just the clubs that turn blue.

They're already orange in normal mode, high contrast makes them yellow.
What four colors would probably be ideal for everyone with color deficiency? Could even be two sets. I might make a quick mod that changes colors and/or card faces to be more readable for most visual impairments.

[taggedjc]

They don't look yellow to me in high contrast mode.

And in normal mode they're red, same as hearts, not orange.

With normal it should have hearts and diamonds be red and spades and clubs be black.

With high contrast it should be hearts in red, spades in black, and then change diamonds to be yellow/orange and clubs to blue.

[Superfly Johnson]

Originally posted by taggedjc:

And in normal mode they're red, same as hearts, not orange.

They might not be "orange" but they are definitely a different shade than hearts.

[Goblin]

In reality, the default colors in Balatro are:
Hearts #F03464 (slightly pinkish red)
Clubs #235955 (low saturation dark teal, looks slightly green)
Diamonds #F06B3F (very much just orange)
Spades #3C4368 (dark blue)

High contrast colors (the main tone, these have different shades within cards) are:
Hearts #E32B1F (almost pure red)
Clubs #008EE6 (light blue)
Diamonds #E18f00 (still very much orange, but considerably closer to yellow)
Spades #415255 (dark gray)

Diamonds' highlight color is #FFB533, which is only very slightly orange, mostly yellow.


But I was asking what ideal color sets would be for various types of colorblindness. Yellow and red look the same for deuteranopia and protanopia, that's (presumably) why the option you're already given doesn't work, so I don't think that's a good thing to settle on.
But if you just completely throw card color conventions out of the window and go wild, what would be two sets of colors that guarantee one of the two would work for anyone (if any)? This stuff is kinda hard to visualize for people with zero impairment.

[Surfaced]

Is there a shapeblind mode coming?

[PrimeBrew]

Originally posted by Surfaced:

Is there a shapeblind mode coming?

Asking for distinct colors in "high contrast mode" is not too much to ask.

[Ronald Brain]

Originally posted by PrimeBrew:

Asking for distinct colors in "high contrast mode" is not too much to ask.

High Contrast Mode is still for normal players to read the card properly. What you guys are asking is Color Blind Mode, which is okay and can be implemented as an accessibility option, just not High Contrast Mode.

[taggedjc]

It does look like diamonds and hearts aren't quite the same colour in high contrast mode, but to me they look really really similar. When they're next to each other it's hard to tell them apart, which should be the whole purpose of high contrast mode.

I think it should definitely be more yellowish than it currently is in high contrast mode.

And yeah, high contrast isn't the same thing as colorblind mode which would need to be a separate thing if it were to be implemented.

[lucagrijander69]

i would pay for a mod that lets you change symbol colours from a palette, im not colour blind but i keep missing flushes with diamonds and hearts.

edit I can distnguish in the tooltip when you hover over a card very clearly different shades in the names, like diamonds are orange, hearts are red, clubs green and spades blue. however it is not that evident in the proper symbolls, wihch look either black or red to me.