Colour Blind Kit updates

[e17blade]

Lat night was essentially light v dark so perfect for me.

Same for me. Plain dark v plain light is absolutely perfect.

 

[e17blade]

In conversation with the club I sent them the info below showing what kits were not OK and if you look back at the matches the not OK ones were often used when other perfectly acceptable options were available.

 

[e17blade]

The issue can basically be solved by having (for example) a yellow away kit. Although there is no point if they don’t use it when they should as they have done previously.

 

[jt64]

I miss steel city derbies with both teams in home kits

Like this one?

 

[mattbianco1]

In conversation with the club I sent them the info below showing what kits were not OK and if you look back at the matches the not OK ones were often used when other perfectly acceptable options were available.

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That Chelsea home game was shocking and i'm not even colour blind

 

[MobileBlade]

The issue can basically be solved by having (for example) a yellow away kit. Although there is no point if they don’t use it when they should as they have done previously.

Until the goalkeeper wears orange. Which happens loads of times.

 

[MobileBlade]

That Chelsea home game was shocking and i'm not even colour blind

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That game was made easier by Chelsea wearing white shorts. Brighton was the worst I have seen with green shirts, black shorts and green socks. Swansea was the same last season.

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

Is there an example anywhere of what colour blind people see with regards to these colour schemes?

 

[mattbianco1]

Is there an example anywhere of what colour blind people see with regards to these colour schemes?

Lots of examples in this thread: https://www.s24su.com/forum/threads/colours-colour-blindness.82930/

 

[e17blade]

Is there an example anywhere of what colour blind people see with regards to these colour schemes?

Not really as it can be quite a lot different for different people.

This is quite a good representation (but not exact) of the effect of colour blindness though...

Vischeck: About Daltonize

www.vischeck.com

 

[mattbianco1]

 

[The Bear]

I’m not colour blind so forgive me if I’m wrong but I can’t imagine it being a problem with our striped home kit?

Apparently it is. When Sunderland played Wednesday. So the traditional derby match clash is about to change?

Of course for 130 odd years it wasn't a problem if Wednesday were in blue and white stripes and us in red and white stripes but now it is. (1960's excepted when that lot experimented with a blue 'Arsenal kit'.)

Madness

 

[e17blade]

Apparently it is. When Sunderland played Wednesday. So the traditional derby match clash is about to change?

Of course for 130 odd years it wasn't a problem if Wednesday were in blue and white stripes and us in red and white stripes but now it is. (1960's excepted when that lot experimented with a blue 'Arsenal kit'.)

Madness

It definitely was a problem - you just only found out about it - that is the power of social media / internet for spreading the word.

 

[mattbianco1]

When Sunderland played Wednesday

It definitely was a problem - you just only found out about it - that is the power of social media / internet for spreading the word.

That was shocking. Sunderland have more white on their shirt than red and Wednesday have a plain white back. It was literally white v white.



Here are their away kits.

 

[bertieblade]

Can see why they did not use their away kits, they are awful!

 

[e17blade]

Exactly - why not the yellow kit!

For those that don't know - roughly 1 in 8 men have some sort of colour blindness (whether they know it or not). So at Sunderland with a capacity of 49,000 there were THOUSANDS of people in the stadium needlessly struggling to tell the teams apart. Plus all the people watching on TV - and it is worse on TV than at the stadium.

 

[CrookesBlade]

Seen lots of people decrying this move with the predictable "PC gone mad/woke" etc and eroding the 'traditions' of the game.

The funny thing is this will probably result in less incentive for clubs to bring more than 3 kits out, more stable 'change' colours and probably more barriers to using the change colours purely for the sake of it. Might even see a few away shirts last for more than a season as well.

 

[SUFCScorecard]

This is great news. I remember us playing away at Liverpool in the Green kit and it being a challenge to follow along. It was frustrating because we had the pink kit available and that would have been sufficient contrast. I believe red/green and blue/purple are the most common issues (apparently the teletext holidays kit we had a few years ago was purple- I never saw it ).

The tone is as important as the colour. The best way to understand colour blindness is that it is a limited pallet rather than blindness to colours all together (for most people). It makes it difficult are to differentiate colours of similar tone. Blue/dark Purple, Yellow/lime green, red/green etc. Coventry vs Chelsea wouldn't be an issue even though they are both blue as they are different tones. Chelsea - Fiorentina would be a nightmare if there was no change.

 

[MobileBlade]

First matches under the new rules. Plymouth green shirts white shorts. Barnsley red shirts white shorts. That new colour blindness consideration rules worked well then.

 

[Houston_Blade]

First matches under the new rules. Plymouth green shirts white shorts. Barnsley red shirts white shorts. That new colour blindness consideration rules worked well then.

Blades are confounding any colour blindness by turning up in whatever the fuck they feel like.

 

[Blade56]

Rules are changing to help those who suffer with colour differentiation issue...

EFL: Clubs to 'mix and match' kits to aid colour blindness

Home teams can now play in their away kits where there is a colour clash to help people who are colour blind, the English Football League says.

www.bbc.com

WHAT, McBurnies not black?

 

[e17blade]

First matches under the new rules. Plymouth green shirts white shorts. Barnsley red shirts white shorts. That new colour blindness consideration rules worked well then.

Basically it replicated the most famously dreadful sporting event for colour blind people… Wales v Ireland in the six nations. FFS.

 

[DifferentClass]

Had a bit of trouble seeing Wes tonight.

 

[MobileBlade]

Colour blindness match of the weekend was Reading v Cardiff. Not as bad as some others thanks to the differing socks! Not seen League 1 and League 2 yet so there may be others to add. Think the Cardiff goalkeeper thought that Tom Ince son (Paul was ever so proud) was passing back to him.

 

[BLADES1988]

Every team should play in the same colour, then its a level playing field for all. Used to love a good Wolves V Dundee in home kits on Fifa. Mayhem.

 

[Champagneblade]

That was shocking. Sunderland have more white on their shirt than red and Wednesday have a plain white back. It was literally white v white.

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Here are their away kits.
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Surely the massive nobheads all being on the same team helped to identify?

Just joshing, worthy thread. Should be easy to file under 'its really not that difficult to get right'.

 

[e17blade]

In the context of this thread the new away kit release is astonishing.

Home kit = red and white stripes
Away kit = white with red stripe

WTF!!??

 

[Wards]

Mental, it's like we listen to absolutely none of the guidance

 

[mattbianco1]

In the context of this thread the new away kit release is astonishing.

Home kit = red and white stripes
Away kit = white with red stripe

WTF!!??

They don't clash. Colourblind or not.





Bear in mind that we have gone with Black Shorts & Socks this time on the home and full white on the away.

As an example. West Broms kit is predominantly white and didn't clash last night

 

[e17blade]

Obviously it isn't exactly the same - as you show with the side-by-side - but both shirts are red and white.

I am guessing you aren't colour blind?