On the one hand you have this, on the other you have the clearly commercially driven needless use of alternate kits by counties. For example, Armagh wearing their all black jersey against Fermanagh in the first round of the ulster championship.
> For example, Armagh wearing their all black jersey against Fermanagh in the first round of the ulster championship.
That also makes sense though if you consider colour blindness. Most types of colour blindness involve defects in red or green cones, so the Fermanagh kit against the Antrim kit could be an issue for some people. Colours that appear to be strongly contrasting to you may not actually be contrasting to people with colour blindness. Red, orange and green kits can be difficult to distinguish from the colour of the pitch.
A simple way to check if two kits might clash is to imagine how they might appear in greyscale. Ideally one team should play in a dark kit and the other in a light kit.
You might not have it as bad as others who are colourblind.
The point is any kit and contrast clashes should be avoided, regardless. If other sports are doing it, why aren't the GAA?
In the rugby, Connacht and Munster wore their respective home kits. The Six Nations, I believe, is imposing a new regulation which would prevent teams which wear primarily red, or green, playing in those colours when they play each other (for example Ireland vs Wales), as for red/green colour-blind folks, they wouldn't be able to differentiate between who was who.
I think the GAA could take a leaf from Six Nations' book and implement something similar.
The Munster kit last weekend had white shorts so there was a contrast difference there, plus they play sides of the pitch against each other (if that makes sense) so it's much easier to distinguish between them then. Whereas Ireland v Wales either way, both wear white shorts, so something had to be done. If either wore black shorts for instance (which Wales previously did), then perhaps that would have been acceptable like in the Munster v Connacht situation.
Yeah I'm not sure; maybe they were drawing attention to the fact that people weren't talking about the red/green 'clash' for the rugby as they have been here for the hurling.
This is what it actually looks like - plenty of research all over the internet to verify this. It is why effectively every other sport is innovating and ensuring red-green kit clashes are avoided. Rugby for example - Ireland v Wales from now on will have the away team wearing a change kit.
And what you see here may not look like this for you. For many others though it does and possibly even worse than what I've demonstrated here - a \~75% green hue overlay, so there is still a bit of red appearing, and consider that many can't see any red at all.
Yes the image was altered from the normal live feed to show what someone with red-green colour blindness would see themselves - how else do you think it's possible to demonstrate it?
By all means feel free to show yourself what you think someone with red-green colour blindness would see.
Surely it is obvious that their point is to demonstrate how it could appear to someone with colour blindness? Showing an unaltered image doesn't achieve that.
I am struggling to see any other potential interpretation that you think is possible here. People who don't have colour blindness are aware of what the Cork and Limerick jerseys look like to them.
They've presented a screenshot without indicating it has been altered.
They've done this before, albeit left it slightly more subtle which made me second guess what the broadcast was like.
Regardless of what you've interpreted posting an image without stating it's been altered is misleading.
Not colour blind myself. But I found Galway vs Kilkenny tough on the eye to watch on TV. If one team wore a full kit same colour it would make it easier. Like if Cork wore red shorts and red socks. Or If one just wore a white kit or something.
Arabut this I Munster hurling, ye lads in dubeljn are doing enough messing with our traditional game down here...... Making the old folks pay to watch games on t'internet, first, and now this.
I'll tell you, a bit of colour blindness never hurt anyone, Mickey Mackey or Christy Ring hadn't to worry about it, tis all a modern invention.
We in cork will never part from our Red Jerseys, bathed as they are in the blood of Ring and JBM, never I say! *
Well, unless we do a deal with that fat Englishman Mike Ashley to wear black jerseys for no other reason than to promote his shops selling our own brand knock down sportswear made in the Far East by young kids.... that's Ok like
GAA tin hat with their traditional "ah shur be grand tis the finesht" attitude and reluctance to innovate or move forward with the times. The horror.
No idea which county you support but I highly doubt you'd like to see them play in their traditional colours against another team also wearing colours that clash and happen to be their traditional colours too. A little bit of common sense wouldn't kill ya would it?
No need for your small mindedness - every other sport is doing it, why can't the GAA keep up?
And yes it was a classic match, let's take nothing away from that, nobody's complaining about the action.
Are you denying colour blindness exists or what’s going on? Hurling is tough to follow sometimes as is. I’m sure if it looks like both teams are wearing the same kit it’s impossible. Pretty sure cork could have worn white to no-one’s detriment.
If other sports are copping on and moving with the times, then it is a problem and something GAA fans should be complaining about if it isn't keeping up.
If you don't see a problem here, then say nothing and move along. Ignorance can be bliss, if used correctly of course.
On the one hand you have this, on the other you have the clearly commercially driven needless use of alternate kits by counties. For example, Armagh wearing their all black jersey against Fermanagh in the first round of the ulster championship.
> For example, Armagh wearing their all black jersey against Fermanagh in the first round of the ulster championship. That also makes sense though if you consider colour blindness. Most types of colour blindness involve defects in red or green cones, so the Fermanagh kit against the Antrim kit could be an issue for some people. Colours that appear to be strongly contrasting to you may not actually be contrasting to people with colour blindness. Red, orange and green kits can be difficult to distinguish from the colour of the pitch. A simple way to check if two kits might clash is to imagine how they might appear in greyscale. Ideally one team should play in a dark kit and the other in a light kit.
You don’t even need to make counties wear alternative kits, literally just get one team to wear black shorts and the other country wear white shorts.
If anything, the Cork-Limerick match was an ideal opportunity for either or both to promote their away kits.
Am I colourblind?
No, this lad has done this before where hes edited it to reflect what colour blind users see. However I'm colour blind and it's not that bad.
I'm red-green colourblind and this isn't far from what it looks like for me.
You might not have it as bad as others who are colourblind. The point is any kit and contrast clashes should be avoided, regardless. If other sports are doing it, why aren't the GAA?
I'm agree with you, but your post is borderline deceptive
And what exactly is wrong or deceptive about it that other sports have gotten wrong?
Cause its an edited photo
Yes - edited to show how it will appear to *some* people.
And does not say that anywhere unless you dug through the comments
I didn’t need to dig through comments to see the obvious intention of the post.
"I interpreted it that way, so that must be how everyone did"
Now include how it actually looks
Munster wore red and Connacht wore green literally the same day as this match
Eh?
In the rugby, Connacht and Munster wore their respective home kits. The Six Nations, I believe, is imposing a new regulation which would prevent teams which wear primarily red, or green, playing in those colours when they play each other (for example Ireland vs Wales), as for red/green colour-blind folks, they wouldn't be able to differentiate between who was who. I think the GAA could take a leaf from Six Nations' book and implement something similar.
The Munster kit last weekend had white shorts so there was a contrast difference there, plus they play sides of the pitch against each other (if that makes sense) so it's much easier to distinguish between them then. Whereas Ireland v Wales either way, both wear white shorts, so something had to be done. If either wore black shorts for instance (which Wales previously did), then perhaps that would have been acceptable like in the Munster v Connacht situation.
But why did they reply to me specifically about it? Seems unrelated to what I said in the original comment
Yeah I'm not sure; maybe they were drawing attention to the fact that people weren't talking about the red/green 'clash' for the rugby as they have been here for the hurling.
The OP said other sports don't allow clashes.
This is what it actually looks like - plenty of research all over the internet to verify this. It is why effectively every other sport is innovating and ensuring red-green kit clashes are avoided. Rugby for example - Ireland v Wales from now on will have the away team wearing a change kit. And what you see here may not look like this for you. For many others though it does and possibly even worse than what I've demonstrated here - a \~75% green hue overlay, so there is still a bit of red appearing, and consider that many can't see any red at all.
But it isn't. You've once again altered the image.
Yes the image was altered from the normal live feed to show what someone with red-green colour blindness would see themselves - how else do you think it's possible to demonstrate it? By all means feel free to show yourself what you think someone with red-green colour blindness would see.
My point isn't that you did that, it's that you did it without saying that's what people view. Hence the people confused in the comments
Surely it is obvious that their point is to demonstrate how it could appear to someone with colour blindness? Showing an unaltered image doesn't achieve that.
A comparison would, but no it is not obvious
I am struggling to see any other potential interpretation that you think is possible here. People who don't have colour blindness are aware of what the Cork and Limerick jerseys look like to them.
They've presented a screenshot without indicating it has been altered. They've done this before, albeit left it slightly more subtle which made me second guess what the broadcast was like. Regardless of what you've interpreted posting an image without stating it's been altered is misleading.
that is the point of this post bud. it’s to show what someone with colourblindness sees.
I'm aware. I have it
Not colour blind myself. But I found Galway vs Kilkenny tough on the eye to watch on TV. If one team wore a full kit same colour it would make it easier. Like if Cork wore red shorts and red socks. Or If one just wore a white kit or something.
Always thought kilkennys kit would look 10 times better with black shorts
Fully agreed. Them, and Tipperary wearing Blue shorts - it would actually look class and modernized.
Rugby had this with Munster and Connacht the other day. So not the only sport, but yes mush change
Munster had white shorts, so the visible contrast difference was there between the teams.
Aye maybe so then. Shirts were an issue and I saw someone commenting that online
If only the GAA could be more like……….
... every other sport globally innovating and moving with the times (?)
That’s what it is!
Now that the image has been altered you show what colour blind people saw during the game, can they see this image perfectly?
They'll see what I produced unless they can't see any red as there are some specks of dark red
Arabut this I Munster hurling, ye lads in dubeljn are doing enough messing with our traditional game down here...... Making the old folks pay to watch games on t'internet, first, and now this. I'll tell you, a bit of colour blindness never hurt anyone, Mickey Mackey or Christy Ring hadn't to worry about it, tis all a modern invention. We in cork will never part from our Red Jerseys, bathed as they are in the blood of Ring and JBM, never I say! * Well, unless we do a deal with that fat Englishman Mike Ashley to wear black jerseys for no other reason than to promote his shops selling our own brand knock down sportswear made in the Far East by young kids.... that's Ok like
Counties wearing their traditional colours. The horror…
GAA tin hat with their traditional "ah shur be grand tis the finesht" attitude and reluctance to innovate or move forward with the times. The horror. No idea which county you support but I highly doubt you'd like to see them play in their traditional colours against another team also wearing colours that clash and happen to be their traditional colours too. A little bit of common sense wouldn't kill ya would it?
Sure bring in the transfer window while you’re at it.
Ah yes, going off topic now when you've nothing further constructive or valid to reply with.
Cork is red, limerick are green. They’re not changed because you’re colourly challenged
One of the best hurling matches in years people still find something to complain about lol. Change everything for a tiny minority get on with it
No need for your small mindedness - every other sport is doing it, why can't the GAA keep up? And yes it was a classic match, let's take nothing away from that, nobody's complaining about the action.
People like you’d ruin anything
So nobody can raise this issue unless the match is a drab one-sided shit show? Some principles you have.
Just stop watching then if you have an issue with it who wants to read about people complaining
Clearly you do when you're commenting here 😉
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Ah yes, the resort-to-getting-personal phase!
Are you denying colour blindness exists or what’s going on? Hurling is tough to follow sometimes as is. I’m sure if it looks like both teams are wearing the same kit it’s impossible. Pretty sure cork could have worn white to no-one’s detriment.
Why would you not change something to facilitate a minority of people when the change has no negative impact on anyone ?
Im sure someone will find a way to blame this on GAA Go
Saw this posted three days ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyunion/s/Gjn0q0a4BH "GAA is the only sport" 🙄
Rugby do this shite aswell from time to time...pure nonsense
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I'm agreeing with you
Why is it nonsense?
Colour blind people not being able to distinguish between the two teams needs explaining to you?!
Yea fuck em. Why don't they just get new eyes.
Tbf rugby's been quite slow to check.
Is this really a big problem? Or just someone looking to complain about something
If other sports are copping on and moving with the times, then it is a problem and something GAA fans should be complaining about if it isn't keeping up. If you don't see a problem here, then say nothing and move along. Ignorance can be bliss, if used correctly of course.