expanded the research of colors a bit

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# Colors for our app
### Issues with elderly
As we become older, our vision worsens. We need to keep this in mind because our target audience includes elderly people. Elderly people appear to have reduced contrast sensitivity. This means they don't have the same ability to distinguish between similar colors as a younger adult. This means we are not using the same colors on each other so for example Merlot on Blush. These colors are both red however they are different in contrast. This means that we won't use the same colors on each other, such as Merlot on Blush. The two colors are both red, yet they differ in contrast.
### Vision changes
As we become older, our vision worsens. We need to keep this in mind because our target audience includes elderly people. Beginning around the age of 40 we are already seeing some issues with our sight. It might become harder to focus on text, hence the need for reading glasses. This is an issue to keep in mind when designing our app, we want to resolve this by using images or bigger text so that it becomes easier to read. We are planing to avoid redundant text. We also see issues with light. With aging our pupils will shrink, this will result in lower light sensitivity and the increased sensitivity to glare. We need to use warmer colors to reduce the brightness on the eye and make our app able to be used when the brightness of the screen is low to resolve this issue. However, one of the biggest issues is with contrast. The older we get, the less able we are able to make out of low contrast patterns. This is really important to keep in mind, some combinations can be really hard to see for elderly people. I'll show you how by providing an example.
![contrast](contrastcolors.png)
This image shows what elderly people may experience while reading or using an app. We must keep this in mind as we design our app.
### color psychology

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