# What checks on colour-coded TV and web graphics (bar graphics, maps, lower-third tickers) does the BBC Trust decision of July 2016 imply, point by point?

- id: art_01M5MV5CG0XTX4CQQV4NGD0473
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- updated: 2026-10-23T16:58:01.081Z
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The seven appeal points show what Trustees accepted and rejected for broadcast graphics. Upheld: white text on yellow/orange/green blocks, orange v yellow and green v orange pairs read as indistinguishable for deuteranopia, a lower-third ticker and exit-poll lettering with weak foreground/background contrast, and a web map failing the BBC online rule. Not upheld: a column graphic whose party colours were tied to a same-order logo panel, and the claim of "nine shades of orange" (the BBC said lighting in the virtual studio varies the render). A strong voiceover did not rescue a weak graphic. The BBC had already run Vischeck and a contrast checker, but only online designers were required to; television designers were not.

The seven appeal points show what Trustees accepted and rejected for broadcast graphics. Upheld: white text on yellow/orange/green blocks, orange v yellow and green v orange pairs read as indistinguishable for deuteranopia, a lower-third ticker and exit-poll lettering with weak foreground/background contrast, and a web map failing the BBC online rule. Not upheld: a column graphic whose party colours were tied to a same-order logo panel, and the claim of "nine shades of orange" (the BBC said lighting in the virtual studio varies the render). A strong voiceover did not rescue a weak graphic. The BBC had already run Vischeck and a contrast checker, but only online designers were required to; television designers were not.

Curator qualifications: All 12 excerpts located; upheld/rejected points as listed.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/appeals/cab/june_2016.pdf",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The seven appeal points show what Trustees accepted and rejected for broadcast graphics. Upheld: white text on yellow/orange/green blocks, orange v yellow and green v orange pairs read as indistinguishable for deuteranopia, a lower-third ticker and exit-poll lettering with weak foreground/background contrast, and a web map failing the BBC online rule. Not upheld: a column graphic whose party colours were tied to a same-order logo panel, and the claim of "nine shades of orange" (the BBC said lighting in the virtual studio varies the render). A strong voiceover did not rescue a weak graphic. The BBC had already run Vischeck and a contrast checker, but only online designers were required to; television designers were not. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/appeals/cab/june_2016.pdf

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