Is the piecepack color-blind friendly.

[rmundsc@...]

I have been showing the piecepack to people I know, and I have had two people tell me that they would not buy it because the are red/green colorblind and they can not tell the difference between the red and green pawns.  I am not color blind so this was an eye-opening (no pun intended) experience.  

I did some research on the internet, and I was surprised to learn then 1 in 10 white males have some level of red/green colorblindness.  Colorblind people will avoid products that use color schemes which the colorblind person can not distinguish.

A deck of cards is usable by colorblind people because the color of the cards additional information that is also on every card in the form of the suit symbol.  Hearts & Diamonds = Red, Clubs & Spades = Black.  Even a completely colorblind person can play a game of cards because the color of the cards is irrelevant.

The only item in the piecepack that is not piecepack compatible are the pawns.  The pawns rely completely on their color for the players to tell the pawns apart.  

I would like to recommend that the piecepack pawns be modified so that a piecepack is completely color-blind compatible just like a deck of cards.  I would think the easiest way to do this is to include the suit symbol on the pawns.  At the very least the elimination of Red or Green (Yellow is a better choice) as a color for one of the suits would be a good idea.

Regards,
Rob Mundschau