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medians
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Colour, Design, and Block Accessibility Suggestions

Notes
*I asked a while back if these would be considered “unrelated suggestions,” and people told me no. This was written a while ago, so it may include outdated stuff
*If you have any ideas on what to add to this suggestion, you can post your ideas below.
*Not all of these have to be implemented, but yea you get the picture.
*This is not the same as the editor dark mode and editing website colours suggestion, I'm also suggesting other things and presets for accessibility, not full website customisation or the same sliders.
*These would be available to members and non-members (can suggest more options in this topic)
*To make it less confusing for people who have different settings, it could state somewhere that you can change these. For example, when you sign up, it could allow you to choose these settings and then specify where you could change them later. There could also be announcements or banners for people that are already on the website.
Website and Editor
Colours
*Light Mode (would be the scratch-www blue theme before the purple update)
*Light Mode High Contrast (would be the current theme with purple, on by default)
*Dark Mode (same colours as Light Mode but with a dark theme)
*Dark Mode High Contrast (Dark Mode but with purple colours [could be slightly different from the purple used in light mode high contrast)
*Protanomaly/Protanopia Light Mode
*Protanomaly/Protanopia Dark Mode
*Deuteranomaly/Deuteranopia Light Mode
*Deuteranomaly/Deuteranopia Dark Mode
*Tritanomaly/Tritanopia Light Mode (would be the scratchr2 blue theme used before the purple update)
*Tritanomaly/Tritanopia Dark Mode
*Achromatopsia Light Mode
*Achromatopsia Dark Mode
Design choice (alongside the different colour options):
*Flat Design (would be selected by default)
*Skeuomorphism (not 2.0, would be different)
*Neumorphism
*Low-End (for weaker/older computers and devices, could have options to disable things like gifs too)
I can explain in further detail why I suggested this if asked
Editor exclusive options
Block Colours
*Original (selected by default)
*High Contrast (same as the high contrast blocks that would be added)
*Dark (similar to what was supposed to be added or what was planned to be added in the high contrast blocks update)
*Dark High Contrast (dark version of the high contrast)
*Protanomaly/Protanopia (light)
*Protanomaly/Protanopia (dark)
*Deuteranomaly/Deuteranopia (light)
*Deuteranomaly/Deuteranopia (dark)
*Tritanomaly/Tritanopia (light)
*Tritanomaly/Tritanopia (dark)
*Achromatopsia (light)
*Achromatopsia (dark)
I always thought there should've been multiple options for these because there are multiple types of colour blindness/colour vision deficiency, similar to what I have for the different website colours.
Block Options
*Block size (default size would be the same as the current one, same for text size)
*Text size
*Add/Remove Icons before blocks (would have the option for this: no icons, extensions only (default and current behaviour), and extensions and categories). For instance, Data could have a x representing variables, Looks could show an eye, Motion could have a xy plane, etc.
I'm suggesting these specific block options because when I was on 3.0, I saw the 3.0 blocks as annoyingly big. Even on a tablet or with small stage layout, it felt like they were too big. However, when I zoomed out to make them smaller, the text was so small and I couldn't see what the blocks actually said. This would also help others though. Something similar with the website text size would make sense too. The block icons would be like the already existing extension icons and would appear before the block text, and this would help people identify which blocks are apart of which category.
Project Options
*Add TTS to say or think blocks automatically (if this doesn't already exist or work basically it would read what it says in case people have vision difficulties)
*Show TTS subtitles

Last edited by medians (Sept. 14, 2026 23:26:16)

medians
Scratcher
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Colour, Design, and Block Accessibility Suggestions

Bringing this topic up.
medians
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Colour, Design, and Block Accessibility Suggestions

Bringing this topic up.
purplebunny63
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Colour, Design, and Block Accessibility Suggestions

Support for obvious reasons
medians
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1000+ posts

Colour, Design, and Block Accessibility Suggestions

Bringing this topic up.

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