Communicating data with colour
Colour accessibility policy
DPCD has committed to ensuring that all maps and visual data created by or on behalf of the Department is legible for people with colour blindness.
This policy applies to all published or externally commissioned material in all file types including documents, presentations and online information.
Guidelines
A guideline document, Communicating Data with Colour, highlights the issues confronting people who are colour blind when accessing information, and outlines practical methods and tools for achieving colour accessibility in publications and online.
Download the guidelines:
Communicating data with Colour: a DPCD guide to producing accessible maps and visual data (PDF – 1.9 MB)
Communicating data with colour: a DPCD guide to producing accessible maps and visual data - Accessible version (DOC - 104 KB)
Who is the Guide for?
The guide is for graphic designers, researchers, cartographers, publishers, and authors who produce maps or visual data in either printed or digital form for or on behalf of DPCD.
Anyone preparing a document or information for the Department for either print or online distribution should adhere to this policy.
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Standard vision |
Experience of a person who is colour blind |
Contents of the Guide
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Section 1: Introduction
An introduction to the guide and DPCD’s policy. Types of colour blindness are explained along with general principles of designing for colour accessibility.
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Section 2: Visual data
How commonly used graphs appear to people with colour blindness and practical ways to improve their colour accessibility.
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Section 3: Maps
Simple, easy to apply suggestions for improving map clarity while achieving colour accessibility.
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Section 4: Resources
