Repair the review key, not just the palette
A reviewer marks three labels on a still from a civilian FPV venue film. One should stay, one needs confirmation and one has a replacement. If those requests are represented only by colored dots, the recipient must distinguish the colors before acting. Changing the palette does not make the intended request explicit.
Before · the marks ask the reader to match colors
All three marks are plain circles. Only their colors connect them to the key.
Drawn review sheet · not a venue photograph
Stage label
“Raised stage”
Seating label
“Event seating”
Doorway label
“Main entrance”
In that first proof, knowing which label is being discussed is not enough: the recipient still has to recover its request from a color match. A written explanation somewhere else does not repair a mark that loses its meaning when separated from that explanation.
After · the request travels with its mark
Keep the color if useful, but repeat each word and non-color symbol in both the sheet and its key.
Drawn review sheet · not a venue photograph
Stage label
“Raised stage”
Seating label
“Event seating”
Doorway label
“Main entrance”
Keep the mapping consistent at both ends
The solid square accompanies KEEP; the dashed circle accompanies QUERY; the striped band accompanies REPLACE. Each mark also states its request in ordinary visible text. Changing only the legend would leave the old circles ambiguous, so the sheet and the key are revised together.
The stripe sits beside the wording, not over the caption being reviewed. These symbols distinguish editorial requests; they are not safety grades, image-quality scores or a list of objects found on site.
W3C's explanation of Use of Color calls for a visible way to understand information otherwise conveyed by color. Its G111 technique illustrates using patterns and matching keys. That supports this redundant coding approach; it does not certify this page or establish readability at a particular display size.
One-ink redraw · read it without a color match
This deliberately black-and-white reconstruction keeps the same wording and symbols. It is not a filtered photograph or a color-vision simulation.
Drawn review sheet · not a venue photograph
Stage label
“Raised stage”
Seating label
“Event seating”
Doorway label
“Main entrance”
Try two decoding questions
Without naming a color, which caption still needs confirmation? Which one has an alternative supplied? Use the words and symbol shapes in the one-ink sheet, then check the key.
Answer: “Raised stage” carries QUERY with the dashed circle. “Main entrance” carries REPLACE with the striped band; the proposed replacement is “Doorway.” “Event seating” carries KEEP with the solid square.
If a recipient instead interprets every outlined mark as “replace,” the system has not communicated the intended distinction. Resolve the words, key or presentation before applying the edits; do not infer approval from a colored mark.
For a real handoff, examine the actual annotated export at its intended size and ask the recipient to decode the requests. A pattern that becomes too small or a word covered by another annotation cannot do its job. The one-ink drawing here is only a teaching reconstruction, not a print test, color-blindness simulation or successful accessibility audit.
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