Highland Neighborhood, Austin, Texas.

Alison Dellenbaugh recently pointed out something I hadn’t considered — that colorblind readers will perceive The Day-Glo Brothers quite differently from other readers. Thank you, Alison — I’m so grateful that I won’t be caught completely off-guard by this the first time it comes up during an author visit.

In the meantime, I’ll leave you with a couple of images run through Vischeck, a site recommended by Alison that simulates various forms of colorblind vision. First, the above image —


— and finally the spread from my book that I featured a couple of months ago:


Got Day-Glo photos of your own that you’d like to share? Please send them to chris [at] chrisbarton [dot] info.