# Colourblind graphs

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/colourblind-graphs/23445>\
**Category:** Grafana\
**Created:** [November 29, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/colourblind-graphs/23445 "2019-11-29T13:26:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![fajgeddes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@fajgeddes](https://community.grafana.com/u/fajgeddes)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/colourblind-graphs/23445/1 "2019-11-29T13:26:23Z")

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Hi everyone,

I need to my my dashboards accessible to colourblind users. Is it possible to fill graphs with patterns and colours, rather than just colours? Our colourblind stakeholders are currently unable to make any use of the dashboards.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![fajgeddes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@fajgeddes](https://community.grafana.com/u/fajgeddes)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/colourblind-graphs/23445/2 "2019-12-02T11:34:23Z")

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\*I need to make my dashboards accessible to colourblind users

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**Author:** ![geertijewski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/97f17d/32.png) [@geertijewski](https://community.grafana.com/u/geertijewski)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/colourblind-graphs/23445/3 "2019-12-05T11:50:56Z")

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Well what kind of colorblind? Is it a red/green deficency or are they completely colorblind?

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**Author:** ![anon349787](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@anon349787](https://community.grafana.com/u/anon349787)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/colourblind-graphs/23445/4 "2019-12-05T12:47:49Z")

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Grafana doesn’t currently have a colorblind mode/theme available, it’s registered as a feature request in both [grafana#13014](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/13014) and [grafana#18041](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/18041). Hopefully it’s something which can be prioritized sooner rather than later — it would be very useful indeed 🙂

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**Author:** ![fajgeddes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@fajgeddes](https://community.grafana.com/u/fajgeddes)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/colourblind-graphs/23445/5 "2019-12-05T12:49:27Z")

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Monochromacy – complete colour blindness.

For example, Trello lets you label cards using;

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/2X/1/19ee6dc45ced164b75d6052adb617d7c9c74fddd.png)

Grafana needs to do similar, as currently it is only accessible to those with trichromatic vision.

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**Author:** ![fajgeddes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@fajgeddes](https://community.grafana.com/u/fajgeddes)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/colourblind-graphs/23445/6 "2019-12-05T12:53:59Z")

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Agreed. Most countries have disability rights or accessibility laws, so Grafana needs to keep up as it arguably contravening them right now.