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Just discovered you can set the color of the mouse pointer (hand, etc.) in Windows 10; also makes for a better "beam" in VS, Notepad, etc. I chose Magenta; you can customize any color. ("Cursor and Pointer" under Settings)
I never noticed this option before; it may be a function of the mouse. My wired one gave out and I paired a Bluetooth (MS "Designer") mouse I had around from a few years back (for some reason).
I find the color better for me than the default when hunting for it.
(While I prefer wired, this mouse seemed to get better with time ... or it was me)
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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I found it very useful to colour the mouse pointer as well as use the 'CTRL' show location option, last year before my cataract surgery trying to find the pointer on multiple monitors when everything had misty appearance was hard work.
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It's white.
I'm partially colorblind. Deuter..thingy. Had to do with red, and all colors that females can derive from that.
HotS supports it as a setting. Windows doesn't. While, in the past, the accessibility was one of their key sales points.
Thank you, WPF.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I've been looking over "color safe combinations" for my app ... they don't look very safe to me. Or, I have no idea what "color safe" means. (Probably)
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Long ago, in a galaxy far away.. Some time ago for me at least.
There was this co student that could hardly see anything. His color scheme in W3.1 was Yellow/Black, something he could see clearly, and became a programmer. I always adhered to the Windows color scheme, so that bright and dark do not clash; never did I allow marketing outside the lines.
Color safe is black and white. If you don't know better, then use the predefined colors of Windows, and stick to their theme.
I see it everywhere; machines where you could get a ticket as a blind man, replaced by a "touch screen". Never seen a blind man operate those. I am ashamed of this generations' idea of "IT".
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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No idea what the "predefined colors of Windows" means.
For this one app, I need 21 (sensible) colors. Topographic elevations. For those that can't "see colors", they'll have to interpret contour lines. Gray scale may be an (unattractive) option.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Most devs don't, and marketing doesn't want to hear about it.
Hit start, settings. "Ease of Access" applet. Go to "high contrast". Turn it on, choose a theme.
Now, if you develop desktop apps, this is why we have predefined windows-colors that relate to those boring windows-settings.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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https://eu.enchroma.com/pages/colour-blind-test[^]
Those combinations used in the test are the "not safe" colors... because there is people who can't tell the difference
Addition: in web looks like the safe colors means other thing: Web Safe Colors Chart[^]
safe was like "no bowser crash" while surfing the web in the good'ol days
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Thanks for the "safe" explanation; "compatible" was probably too technical or taken.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Thanks for the tip, I didn't change the color but I have the hardest time, at times finding the pointer so I enabled the ring around the pointer when Ctrl pressed.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Yes; I've depended on CTRL a lot with multiple monitors.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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2 monitors and poor eyesight.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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I have it set to "Windows inverted", so it's always the XOR of the colour it's over. I find it much easier to find that way.
TTFN - Kent
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ditto me. I am also color blind and this is what I use. Works very well all the time.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Gerry Schmitz wrote: I find the color better for me than the default when hunting for it
This is an issue for me as well. I lost my right eye last year after a fall. My left has problems with contrast, especially with small light items against a dark background. I've had to set my mouse cursors much larger than the default in addition to setting the color.
My only grief at this point is using 'normal' machines at work. I've had to ask people to find the mouse cursor for me when I lost it   .
Software Zen: delete this;
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3 monitors and a lazy eye. They always say: "No, over here!"
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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I've more-or-less lost the benefit of multiple monitors, at least when they're 22" or smaller which is what I have at work.
At home I replaced my 20" with a 24", and that's worked pretty well.
Software Zen: delete this;
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If you have PowerToys installed, tapping Control key twice puts a handy little temporary spotlight around the cursor. I tap once to get the sonar rings, or twice for the spotlight -- very handy for my old eyes
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I'd forgotten about them. Used them for "TrueType" way back when.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Green, because green is the colour which tends to be the most visible to the human eye at the lowest intensity (which is why electronic night vision tends to be green meaning a lower battery usage than red which is a colour that helps to preserve night vision).
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Never asked, but may explain all the IBM 3270 "green" VDT's and the original PC green monitor.
I went for an "amber" display at one time ... and still have it. And the PC.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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I remember those amber dumb terminals back in the 80s and early 90s.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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It's big, yellow and ugly ))
Makes it easily findable when I need it.
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