While most individuals may not notice the importance of colors on task management tools, it can cause trouble for people with visual impairments such as color-blindness.

Here's why color-blind settings on Asana are important and how someone with color blindness can use it to improve their workflow.

Why Are Color Blind Settings on Asana Important?

Critical to its user experience, Asana uses color-coding to enhance its overall usability. However, its default settings don't always work for everyone. In some cases, companies use colors to show if tasks are critical, what verticals they are assigned under, or who should be responsible for them.

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Unfortunately, color-blind individuals may not be able to differentiate between them because they do not see colors in the same way. Because of this, people who have color blindness may appear to be irresponsible.

What Are the Asana Color Blind Friendly Settings?

With Asana, color-blind users can alter their experience to receive a better experience. Different from changing Asana to dark mode, Asana has two settings designed to improve the experience of users with color blindness: protanopia and deuteranopia.

Protanopia is when someone is red-blind, which means they see more green than red. On the other hand, deuteranopia is a type of red-green color blindness. Often, people suffering from deuteranopia are believed to be unable to distinguish colors in general.

If you experience color blindness and would like to change your Asana settings, here's how.

How to Adjust Asana to Be Color Blind Friendly

Here's what you need to do if you want to try it out and see if it works for you.

  1. Open your Asana app on the desktop or web.
  2. In the upper-right corner of the screen, click your profile picture.
    Asana My Settings
  3. Select My Settings... > Display tab.
  4. Enable color blind friendly mode on Asana
  5. Last, check the box next to “Enable color blind friendly mode (protanopia and deuteranopia)”.

Once you have enabled color-blind friendly mode, you will automatically see the difference in colors on your Asana boards.

Don't Let Color Blindness Keep You Away From Your Tasks

While color blindness can be troublesome, Asana does what it can to help you manage your day-to-day tasks.

With color-blind friendly mode, people who struggle with color blindness can struggle less with their productivity goals.