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Colorblindness Shaders for Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1

A lightweight Minecraft shader pack that simulates Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia and Achromatopsia in real time.

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Colorblind Shaders

A lightweight Minecraft shader pack that simulates different types of color vision deficiency in real time.

The shader transforms Minecraft's colors to approximate how the game may appear to people with different forms of color blindness. It can be used to explore color perception, test resource packs and builds for accessibility, or simply experience Minecraft through a different visual perspective.

Colorblindness Shaders — screenshot 3

Supported types

  • Protanopia - simulation of red color blindness vision
  • Deuteranopia - simulation of green color blindness vision
  • Tritanopia - simulation of blue color blindness vision

The simulations are based on established color vision deficiency models and are intended as approximations rather than exact representations of an individual's perception.

Colorblindness Shaders — screenshot 4

Features

  • Real-time color vision deficiency simulation
  • Multiple simulation modes
  • Lightweight shader implementation
  • Anomaly tipes combining (Beta)

The project focuses on a simple and transparent implementation of color vision deficiency simulation while preserving Minecraft's original visuals as much as possible.

P.s.: There are some issues with P + D combining. If you know, how to fix this, or have another suggestions, welcome to Issue tracker or Discord.

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How to install Colorblindness Shaders

With Millida Launcher

  1. Install Millida Launcher

    The launcher is free: download it at millida.net/launcher and sign in with any nickname.

  2. Click “Install” on this page

    The launcher opens and installs the shaders for Minecraft 1.18–26.3 automatically, together with its dependencies: Iris Shaders.

  3. Launch the game

    A profile with it appears in the launcher: click “Play”.

Manually

  1. Install Iris

    Without a shader mod the game cannot see shaders. Install it for the same Minecraft version.

  2. Download the shader archive

    Pick the file Colorblind-Shaders-v0.2.0-beta.zip (11 KB) and do not unpack it.

  3. Put it in the shaderpacks folder

    “Options”, then “Video Settings”, then “Shader Packs”, then “Open Shader Pack Folder”, and drag the archive there.

  4. Select the shaders

    In the same window, click the pack name and “Apply”.

Versions

With dependencies

MinecraftLoaderFileDateActions
26.3Iris26.310.5 KB
26.3Iris26.311.8 KB

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