{"id":1836989,"date":"2025-02-21T08:23:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1836989"},"modified":"2025-02-21T08:23:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:23:51","slug":"designing-for-colour-blindness-in-arcgis-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/02\/designing-for-colour-blindness-in-arcgis-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing for Colour Blindness in ArcGIS Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the ArcGIS Blog, a guide by Stephanie Oliver to designing maps that are more accessible to readers with colour blindness<\/a>. (This is very specifically an ArcGIS Pro guide, down to the palette menus.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the ArcGIS Blog, a guide by Stephanie Oliver to designing maps that are more accessible to readers with colour blindness. 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