People who are colour‐blind or have some form of colour vision deficiency form an invisible minority and scientists should strive to be as inclusive as possible. We reviewed 2873 figures published in 2019 from 1031 scientific papers in 27 ornithological journals to determine those that were colour‐blind compatible, and those that were black‐and‐white printer friendly. About 26% of the published figures were in colour, and while most were colour‐blind compatible, only ~ 60% of them were black‐and‐white printer friendly. Ensuring figures in all forms of scientific communication can be interpreted by readers who are colour‐blind, and can be printed in black‐and‐white will improve the accessibility of ornithological research.

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评估和建议，以更好地利用鸟类学中的彩色图形

色盲或有某种形式的色觉缺陷的人构成了一个看不见的少数民族，科学家应该努力做到尽可能包容。我们审查了27种鸟类学期刊中1031篇科学论文在2019年发布的2873幅图，以确定那些与色盲兼容以及对黑白打印机友好。已发表的数字中约有26％是彩色的，尽管大多数是色盲兼容的，但只有约60％的黑白打印机友好。有色盲的读者可以解释以各种形式进行科学交流的数字，并可以黑白打印，这将改善鸟类学研究的可及性。