Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Accessible documents & interfaces · Working

Colour alone

ELI5

Using only colour to communicate something, which can exclude people who cannot distinguish it.

Used in conversation

“Do not use colour alone to show which option is selected.”

Definition

Using colour as the only way to communicate information, an accessibility failure when no other cue exists.

Here “Colour alone” means: Using colour as the only way to communicate information, an accessibility failure when no other cue exists.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Colour alone” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains access, language adaptation, care, provenance and emerging synthetic-media responsibilities.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.