These schemes still use color, but mainly in application icons. In addition to the color changes, when you select one of the standard high contrast schemes, the taskbar is enlarged. If you turn off the high contrast display, the taskbar remains enlarged until you manually adjust it. You may also choose a custom color scheme. You can not create a new scheme, but there are a variety of colors to choose from.
Some examples are lilac, rose, and teal.
You may also keep the Windows standard colors, but change the size to large or extra large for improved visibility. Some, but not all, of the non-standard colors also allow large or extra large options. Look at some examples of high contrast displays. Setting up high contrast display Bring up the Accessibility Properties window . This turns on the high contrast display.