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I would not be able to tell if these slider toggles were saying "yes" or "no" without them going from gray to green. How do colorblind people deal with them?

That the whole world adopted these abominations, when there was absolutely nothing wrong with checkboxes, is immensely frustrating.

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Does green (usually these are blue) mean yes? Every time I see one of these I realize I don't understand them and I'm not even sure they are consistent in behavior. I usually use a context cue to infer what they mean. The dumbest part is there is plenty of room to just write "on" and "off" right on them.

I think it is no coincidence these are the preferred control for all manner of dark pattern setting screens.

Yes, green means "yes".

Now, does light-green mean "no" because it's light, or "yes" because it's green? That one you have to check on each application.

Most of us cope just fine, so long as the contrast between the states is clearly different. My colour blindness is anomalous trichromacy, with a perception difference for red-green. Because the examples shared are a bright blue for on and black for off, I can see it just fine, however, I'd suggest making the switches off state back ground the same as the main background in this case. Aesthetically, it looks better.

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