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ColorBlindness

by cech12

In ColorBlindness, potion effects imitate several forms of color vision deficiency, letting players experience how the game looks with reduced color perception.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.16.5 – 26.3

What it does

The mod adds brewable potions that simulate color blindness. Each potion applies a visual effect that shifts how colors appear on screen, covering red, green and blue weakness as well as full achromatopsia. The Achromatopsia effect lasts 10 seconds when a player drinks it, and the others follow the same pattern of timed color shifts.

The purpose of the mod is to provide these color blindness effects as a shared library, so other mods can add their own potions and items that use them. Fabric API is required on every loader, and the same version is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. The mod is compatible with Optifine shaders, so the effects still apply when shaders are active.

Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is released under the MIT License and is open source, with a public source repository, issue tracker and wiki. Builds cover 1.16.5 – 26.3, and the latest file for 26.3 is dated 2026-09-20.

Key features

  1. Brewable color blindness potions

    Potions can be brewed to apply red, green and blue weakness and blindness effects to the player.

  2. Achromatopsia effect

    The Achromatopsia effect removes color from the view and lasts 10 seconds per potion.

  3. Library hooks for other mods

    Other mods can register their own potions and items that reuse these color blindness effects.

  4. Shader compatibility

    The visual effects remain visible with Optifine shaders active, so the simulation works in shaded scenes.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.326.3-5.2.0.026.3-5.2.0.026.3-5.2.0.026.3-5.2.0.0
26.226.2-5.1.0.026.2-5.1.0.026.2-5.1.0.026.2-5.1.0.0
26.1.226.1-5.0.0.226.1-5.0.0.226.1-5.0.0.226.1-5.0.0.2
26.1.126.1-5.0.0.226.1-5.0.0.226.1-5.0.0.226.1-5.0.0.2
26.126.1-5.0.0.226.1-5.0.0.226.1-5.0.0.226.1-5.0.0.2
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.21.111.21.11-4.5.0.31.21.11-4.5.0.31.21.11-4.5.0.31.21.11-4.5.0.3
1.21.101.21.9-4.4.0.21.21.9-4.4.0.21.21.9-4.4.0.21.21.9-4.4.0.2
1.21.91.21.9-4.4.0.21.21.9-4.4.0.21.21.9-4.4.0.21.21.9-4.4.0.2
1.21.81.21.6-4.3.0.31.21.6-4.3.0.31.21.6-4.3.0.31.21.6-4.3.0.3
1.21.71.21.6-4.3.0.31.21.6-4.3.0.31.21.6-4.3.0.31.21.6-4.3.0.3
1.21.61.21.6-4.3.0.31.21.6-4.3.0.31.21.6-4.3.0.31.21.6-4.3.0.3
1.21.51.21.5-4.2.0.31.21.5-4.2.0.31.21.5-4.2.0.31.21.5-4.2.0.3
1.21.41.21.3-4.1.0.41.21.3-4.1.0.41.21.3-4.1.0.41.21.3-4.1.0.4
1.21.31.21.3-4.1.0.41.21.3-4.1.0.41.21.3-4.1.0.41.21.3-4.1.0.4
1.21.11.21-4.0.0.21.21-4.0.0.21.21-4.0.0.21.21-4.0.0.2
1.211.21-4.0.0.21.21-4.0.0.21.21-4.0.0.21.21-4.0.0.2
1.20.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

Use cases

Accessibility education

Players or teachers can drink a potion to see how a color vision deficiency changes the look of a build or a map.

Modpack additions

Pack authors can build new potions and items on top of the library and keep one shared color effect system.

Who it’s for: The mod suits players who want to test color perception in survival or creative worlds, and modpack authors who add brewable content that uses these effects. Players on a server need it installed, since the environment is client and server.

Questions

Does ColorBlindness need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is a required dependency of the mod on every loader, so it must be installed alongside ColorBlindness.

Do servers and players both need the mod?

Yes. Installation covers the server and each player's game.

Does the mod work with shaders?

It is compatible with Optifine shaders, so the color blindness effects remain visible when shaders are enabled.

In the catalog

ColorBlindness is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,348 Library mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Library mods3,514Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

ColorBlindness is a Minecraft mod (Forge, NeoForge, Fabric, Quilt). The purpose is to provide color blindness potion effects for other mods to add their own potions or items with color blindness effects. This mod is compatible with Optifine & shaders!
cech12, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
cech12
Published
2022-12-11
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-20
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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