Use of Color

Website Accessibility

Don't use color alone for meaning

Color is very useful for conveying meaning quickly, but you can't rely on it exclusively. Users with visual impairments (which includes blind, low-vision, and color blind users), can often have issues understanding if color is the only thing that differentiates information.

Take for example the following page that was on our old website:

Original Page from Old Website

Filtered Page Red-Green Color Deficiency Test

The image on the right is the same exact page, but filtered to appear as if someone with a very common red-green color deficiency is viewing it. As you can tell, the information about what steps each person is required to do is lost. And this is just for a very common visual deficiency, let alone someone that was fully visually impaired.

There are many ways to solve this, one solution is below:

UNR Med Application Binder

1. Applicant: Application with department chair's ratings and signature. This must be included in the electronic file.
2. Chair: Original letter of recommendation from department chair.
3. Chair: Original letter of recommendation from department personnel committee (if applicable).
4. Dean: Original letter of recommendation from college personnel committee.
5. Dean: Original letter of recommendation from UNR Med Dean.
6. Chair: Minimum of four external peer review letters (originals with signatures). This must be included in the electronic file after the application.
7. Chair: One sample copy of the department chair's letter to external reviewers.
8. Applicant: Role statement that specifically includes Annual % FTE over review time period. i.e., since hire date or last promotion date, in the areas of teaching, research/creative activity, service/clinical activities.