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What it's like to be color blind
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Huh, maybe they miswrote the instructions.
Ah I figured it out. It's the way my brain perceived the image. Now that I look at it closely, I see the 5 is made up of different colors.
Yeah, the 5 to me is made up up purple, pink, and greenish blue. BTW, this is the only picture that said I was supposedly color blind.
I am color blind too.
But I paint oil and ink/watercolors paintings. I did my test for color blindness in school if I remember right, the lady that did the test on me didn't believe me because she had seen my paintings, so I had to do the test like 5 or 7 times.
But I paint oil and ink/watercolors paintings. I did my test for color blindness in school if I remember right, the lady that did the test on me didn't believe me because she had seen my paintings, so I had to do the test like 5 or 7 times.
My father is color blind and it hasn't been disruptive to his life at all (that I know of) but he does need help from one of us (us as in, his sons) when it comes to wiring audio systems or working in computer systems (you know, with the colored wires), other than that its all good.
Also Doctor Q, like you and your brother my father and his brother are both color-blind though the total number of brothers is 4.
My uncle has three daughters and one of them already has a kid, I hope he (or any of my future nephews) is not color-blind, while something not life threatening or disruptive as you said its not something you want either.
Also are you sure that vischeck website is accurate? I ran the circle test through the deuteranope filter and I could still see the 3, it was a faint grey but still discernible.
Also Doctor Q, like you and your brother my father and his brother are both color-blind though the total number of brothers is 4.
My uncle has three daughters and one of them already has a kid, I hope he (or any of my future nephews) is not color-blind, while something not life threatening or disruptive as you said its not something you want either.
Also are you sure that vischeck website is accurate? I ran the circle test through the deuteranope filter and I could still see the 3, it was a faint grey but still discernible.
The game named Peggle (available for PC, Mac, or iPod) has a "color blind" mode in which it will display shapes, so you don't have to rely only on colors to tell the pegs apart.
By including that feature, they've expanded their potential customer base to include color blind people like me!
By including that feature, they've expanded their potential customer base to include color blind people like me!
i know im not colourblind as ive been professionally tested but i just googled some tests and in the first few i had normal vision but in the 3rd part of this test i saw the number 70 more clearly than 29 link. its states people with normal vision should see a 29 while colourblind people should see a 70. i see both but the 70 is more prevalent. what gives? maybe i dont see colours perfectly but close enough?
I see the 70, so I asked Mrs. Q to explain why she sees a 29.
She said the 7 is made of pink+blue dots, and there are extra orange dots on the right and bottom to make it into a 2. I see the blue 7, but she sees the pink+orange 2. She sees the blue too, but not enough to interfere with the dominant pink/orange. Since I miss the red shades, the pink and orange don't stand out to me.
The 0 or 9 is mostly pink, which I see as gray, with the left side blue and an orange curve across the middle. I see the gray+blue as a 0. She sees the pink+orange as a 9.
I forgot to ask her what the background is. Yellow? Green?
Added.
You can add me to the list too. I've known I was color blind as long as I can remember. I really enjoyed reading through this thread. Very interesting and fun relating to what other people have experienced.
Weird thing is on the page that ghall linked to, i see the 5 just fine. And all the other ones I see the color-blind number. But on the last plate I see both numbers indicating that I have "normal vision" or does that mean I am both red and green color blind?
Weird thing is on the page that ghall linked to, i see the 5 just fine. And all the other ones I see the color-blind number. But on the last plate I see both numbers indicating that I have "normal vision" or does that mean I am both red and green color blind?
I've been color blind all my life. I first found out when they tested my eyes in preschool, and I severely failed the color test. I'm not totally color blind, as I can tell "straight" colors, like red, yellow, blue, etc. However, I can't tell apart colors that are similar, like blue and purple, green and brown, and red and orange. I also have Synesthesia, a strange phenomenon where when I hear a song, I envision 2D and 3D colorful geometric shapes in my mind. People who have Synesthesia all experience different things. Some smell something when they see a picture. Others may hear a sound when they taste food. I strongly believe that color blindness, Synesthesia, and perfect pitch (which I also have) are all linked together in some way.
I've known I've been colorblind since I was probably 12. My mother suspected I was since her father had a hard time telling the difference between red and green and I apparently had a hard time telling the difference between green/grey, orange/red. I don't have it all that severe as I see most of what everyone else does (blue sky, green grass, etc) But the grey green's look grey to me so it's just a slight colorblindness.
What I think is interesting is that most of the colorblind are male.
What I think is interesting is that most of the colorblind are male.
That T-shirt is very clever and hilarious.
Since I don't favor shirts with foul language in large letters (it's bad enough that I wear mismatched clothes, a pocket protector, and a propellor cap), I have an idea for a variation on the theme. Have it sayDon't tell my color blind husband that I'm seeing somebody else!Then wives could wear it while walking around with their color blind husbands. Or wives can pretend their husbands are color blind and get the same reaction from other people!
is there a combination of hues that color-blind people see better than color-normal people?
i am sure i had read somewhere that color-blindness has some advantages in term of pattern spotting and that the army would be sure to have a few of them to see through camouflage designed to fool color-normal.
that would b a great idea for a t-shirt, more versatile as the vast majority of people would not get it
on a separate note, i think the reason the grotto painting is famous is because it was very modern for its times, but most in terms of subject/composition and technique/texture than for the visuals.
the texture in particular would be lost on a screen, so you' have to see it live for the effect.
No, but you can get that effect by using certain patterns to fool one type of vision or the other.
Imagine that normal people can distinguish colors A and B and C, with A and B being close to each other in hue and C having a different hue. Imagine that color blind people can't distinguish B from C.
In a pattern of dots, people with normal vision will tend to see patterns made by the As and Bs, because they are related. But color blind people will tend to see the patterns made by Bs and Cs. To make one of these standard color blindness tests, you'd arrange for there to be some shape (like a big digit) made from As and Bs and a different shape made from Bs and Cs.
By leaving out one of the two patterns, you can in theory make a pattern that only normal visioned people will notice or only color blind people will notice. In practice, color blind people may see slight differences between B and C, so you have to mix in some other shades and colors too. It's also complicated by the fact that protanopes have a brightness deficiency with the longer wavelengths, so you have to tinker with brightness levels too.
For those who don't see red (like me), you might use A=pink, B=red, C=green or A=orange, B=pink, C=gray or A=orange, B=red, C=black.
For those who don't see green, I'm less sure what colors apply, but I'll guess they might be A=brown, B=beige, C=green.
I didn't realize I was colorblind until I was almost 40. I just thought I was a crappy dresser .
We just found out purely by accident that my 8 year old son is colorblind as well.
And I agree, it's really no big deal. Now, true monochromasty, that would really be a bitch.
.We just found out purely by accident that my 8 year old son is colorblind as well.
And I agree, it's really no big deal. Now, true monochromasty, that would really be a bitch.
*raises hand*
I'm pretty sure I'm red color blind since I couldn't make out a solid three in your OP Doc.
I found out years ago by accident. My sister was reading a book that had a series of those number/dot tests, and when I said I couldn't see anything, well, you know the rest.
I'm pretty sure I'm red color blind since I couldn't make out a solid three in your OP Doc.
I found out years ago by accident. My sister was reading a book that had a series of those number/dot tests, and when I said I couldn't see anything, well, you know the rest.
Is your wife color blind too? Even if she isn't, she's apparently a carrier for that gene since your son is color blind.I didn't realize I was colorblind until I was almost 40. I just thought I was a crappy dresser
We just found out purely by accident that my 8 year old son is colorblind as well.
No, she's not colorblind, but you must be right in that she must be a gene carrier.
My dad was colorblind. He said anything green (such as a plant) appeared brownish, and differentiating between red and green was especially hard for him. I remember he couldn't tell the difference between red and green traffic lights.
I also remember my mom would have to select his tie every morning, as he couldn't tell what colors they were (or if they matched).
Luckily, I didn't follow suit.
I also remember my mom would have to select his tie every morning, as he couldn't tell what colors they were (or if they matched).
Luckily, I didn't follow suit.
my husband isn't color blind per se but he has problems with colors that are subtle (isn't that just llike a man?
For men there are only around 16 colours anyway. Peach isn't a colour for us, it's only a fruit.
