A very peculiar thing happens since I became legally blind, I see things that others don’t. That’s right, I, who can’t see much of anything, can spot a spot on the floor that someone else would not notice. The reason for this, as best as I can figure out, is when there is a contrast it pops out at me.
I am only able to see certain shades of the color blue. When I say that it does not mean that everything is black and white. Even in the bright sunlight or a well-lit room, it always seems to me that the lights are dimmed down very low. Since colors are essentially different wavelengths of light that are either emitted or reflected by objects when light hits an item, some wavelengths are absorbed and others are reflected back to our eyes. Our brain interprets these reflected wavelengths as different colors. In the absence of light there is nothing for the eyes to detect so no color is perceived.
Think of it this way. If you walk into your bedroom at night and there are no lights on, you probably can still see the outline of the furniture in the room from ambient light coming from outside the window or another nearby room. You cannot make out color though, can you?
I recently ordered a second large print wireless keyboard, the same make and model as the one I have been using for several years. When it arrived I immediately noticed the white of the keys was lighter than on my existing keyboard. My husband confirmed this although he did not notice as much of a difference as I do. Contrast.
In the above photo, can you tell which of the two has the whiter keys? The answer is below.
I contacted the manufacturer, Logickeyboard, to ask about this change and I was told that everyone sees color differently. Yes, no one knows that better than your customers who are your customers because you sell large print keyboards to people with VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS.
Luckily I learned how to type without looking at the keys in high school, a skill that 16-year-old Sister Rain had no way of knowing would be a lifesaver three decades later. But it is still helpful for me to be able to see what is on the keys when I am trying to find the seldom used > or \ (not to be confused with /). But especially for those who need to look at all of them, contrast is key.
It is true that my character has been tested since losing most of my sight. Now I have the keyboard to prove it.
Answer: The top keyboard has the whiter keys.)
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