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New Zac Chroma's and my Colour Blindness

TheHobbits··12 votes·5,003 views

I have a particularly annoying type of colour blindness that tends to mix colours together and makes it hard for me to tell two colours apart when they are side by side. The new Zac chroma pack that is coming out has "Orange" and "Honey" (as well as pink), but I find it very hard to see the difference between the orange and honey.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sSX3BqgGIPo/VXed3Xy9tuI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/9JE_cIy1dPQ/s1600/yellowzacturn.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Boslkiqn0bI/VXed3WNvoWI/AAAAAAAAD9c/O74OigAgOfY/s1600/ORANGEZAC1TURN.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l6hjoE7sFpY/VXjHiNgOIOI/AAAAAAAArSo/1lf6x9yftaw/s1600/Zac_3.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w4m3mPaUdcQ/VXjHiXrF7WI/AAAAAAAArSw/cjZtFMnrQVU/s1600/Zac_5.jpg

I feel a little saddened that it couldn't have been a red or darker colour. Pool party is blue, original is green, pink is cool, orange and honey I'm sure are good too, but I feel a little left out. They are, in my eyes, the same mixed colour. The one labeled Honey does have some white discolouration, but aside from that I cant tell the difference.

I do hope they bring out a red and some other darker colours. Curse my colour blindness!

Edit: Sticking with the Sweet theme, Zac could have Raspberry as people have suggested. Just an idea Riot.

http://lolfreeskinszone.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Ketchup-Zac.jpg

41 Comments

GreenLore5 votes

Overall I understand why they went for yellow and orange(because caramel and honey),but I agree that both together are a bit too similar.

Also I was really sad when I saw that the black Zac chroma was just a placeholder and that yellow was the real one....

MacDthree5 votes

black would have been really cool

ModWulf Helhammer3 votes

They said they couldn't do the black one because having a completely black skin with no color variations in it (like the black Zac) causes clarity problems with not being able to see it very well as they exit the FoW

MacDthree1 votes

I'm aware. I've read this several places. Would still be really cool - if it weren't for the visibility issues.

Vistha Kai1 votes

Still more visible than anything on Howling Abyss.

Sometimes I close my eyes and play like that. After 10 minutes of playing ARAM my eyes be like: http://laughtilyoudrop.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/so_tired.jpg

MasterVidallis1 votes

Black would have been awesome, but in terms of game visibility I don't think it's doable.

MacDthree1 votes

that is literally what the comment below says.

Nuclear Panda4 votes

White please, for whipped cream. Yup, whipped cream, nuttin else...

4 Winged Angel2 votes

{quoted}

White please, for whipped cream. Yup, whipped cream, nuttin else...

Well that's a very dubious comment Braum

Vistha Kai2 votes

whipped cream

Ye, right. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Shíny3 votes

I really hope eventually Riot will sell individual chromas,bundles just feel really awkward when you only want one of them.

insaiyanbacca3 votes

i feel if riot just hadnt made one of them it would be fine but since they made both there are people that tend to like either one and removing one might cause an uproar from either side :/. though this could be incorrect its just what i think would happen

Himeko3 votes

I really really feels like this has to be changed. Way too similar.

TheHobbits2 votes

It needs to be Raspberry to be honest.

The Soulforged2 votes

Yeah, they're both quite similar, and it's stupid to put such similar colors together.

skyfall6192 votes

the colors are way to similar, i think riot should really change one of the yellows to a difference color

TheXtractor2 votes

You don't have to be color blind to see that these 2 skins are just 2 different shades of yellow, That is just lame really.

MacDthree1 votes

are you trying to say that color blind people can still see the difference? or are you trying to say that people with normal eye sight are still disappointed by the color options...

TheXtractor1 votes

Im saying as normal with non color blind eyes the difference between the two skins is so minimal that its dissapointing in general.

Vistha Kai1 votes

I think he meant the difference is so inadequate it's just bad you have to pay for it.

Aura Master Fox2 votes

Yeah, I think that Orange and Homey were too samey-looking too. I wish they would've come out with a red chroma. Raspberry Zac!

Fowus1 votes

If they added a red it would be a starburst chroma pack hahaha

MacDthree2 votes

I've commented on another post very similar - My colorblindness effects my yellows. Anything yellow / gold / bronze I have a REALLY hard time telling the difference in if I even can at all. the original picture of these that were released, I can't tell a difference at all. I assumed by names that one is slightly "darker" but considering I don't really know what "dark yellow" even looks like.. I have no freaking clue. They both look about the color of "yellow" post - it notes to me.

TheHobbits1 votes

Yea, these both look the same colour to me, but one has some white colouration to it that I can see. That one is labeled honey. Not sure where I'm getting the white from.

Vistha Kai1 votes

It's actually pretty dang white on his shoulders. I mean completely white.

4 Winged Angel2 votes

yeah its like in Pokemon the shiny colour variation are supposed to stand out but some are just slightly different shades of the original, but here it's worse because Zac's 1 solid colour. RIOT WE WANT THE RASPBERRY WE WANT THE RASPBERRY!!!

TheHobbits1 votes

Raspberry is sweet and I could see the difference too. Riot please!

Dreamspitter2 votes

#Honey Zac or TANG zac?

Which one should be changed to something else?

TheHobbits1 votes

Well as I find it hard to tell them apart, I might say honey? It has some white colouration to it that I can see more, but honestly I don't know as I am colour blind.

Hehe.

TheFameAnimal1 votes

You can tell the difference between them, it's just the fact that they are VERY similar. imo red Zac would be much better or maybe even brown idk :/

MacDthree4 votes

"you can tell the difference" you don't know how colorblindness works do you. Not everybody can see colors like you. I can't. I know for a fact I cant. Your vision is a luxury.

IGotScuttleCrabs1 votes

Yea I feel once in game most people won't know which color your Zac is and overall will just call both yellow/orange

kS7jqhxrGi1 votes

noone cares

TheHobbits1 votes

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noone cares

WOW! Ouch. Where did that come from. Its like I insulted your mother or something. Gosh. Im sorry.

Trídent1 votes

Only you don't care.

Tessel81 votes

Don't feel to left out. The skins are basically the same thing with a slight brightness and texture difference. I think the raspberry idea would've been better than the current ones.

TheHobbits1 votes

It's just one of Riots design choices I guess. Maybe they put a bunch of colours in a hat and those were the ones they drew.

Tessel81 votes

That wouldn't surprise me. They seem like they're rushing themselves for something

TheHobbits1 votes

They mustn't have a colour blind consultant for the art team.

Neo Cyrus1 votes

It's not just you being colour blind, even to those of us with regular vision they look way too similar. It was a super lame (typical) move by Riot.

TheHobbits1 votes

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Boslkiqn0bI/VXed3WNvoWI/AAAAAAAAD9c/O74OigAgOfY/s1600/ORANGEZAC1TURN.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sSX3BqgGIPo/VXed3Xy9tuI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/9JE_cIy1dPQ/s1600/yellowzacturn.jpg

Added these 2 to the mix.

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