So how can you tell if this apple is red? Okay simple,,, no,,, what if this red is taught to individual A as red but he always precived it as blue, and for individual B it was taught to him as red but he always saw it as green, and each one living thier lives like this,,, ironically I never knew the answer untill I studyied quantum mechanics where I learnt that each value of light frequency has a colour, but tbh it's translated in the eye cones thing as colour but in my theory I believe colours are all shades of white black and gray, untill I study more physics at least 😭, oh if you read though that text I would like to have a colour blind friend, no i am not colour blind "hopefully 😬" but I would like to hear from you what do you precive the world like, the only two requirements is to be my age and to be colour blind, preferably achromatopsia

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I posted before asking colorblind indivisuals to answer our survey for a project if more people can participate since we need more answers. We especially need to know the challenges that face colorblind people while driving. Non-colorblinds are also welcome to participate to add any recommendations. Thank you

gday my twins suck at yellow/green labelling or blue/purple

is this tritonomaly? or however its spelt?

A few years ago I realized that i commonly get brown and green mixed up, but most of the time i can still differentiate, am I colorblind or is colorblindness only the major color changes and its something else?

I've taken the EnChroma test a lot, and sometimes it says my green cone is 25%, but sometimes it says it's over 60%. I've taken other Ishihara tests, and I usually get only a couple right.

I've found a game that I want to get my kids for Christmas, but part of the game involves color matching. My 6yo son is red/green colorblind, and obviously I want him to be able to play. I can't seem to find any colorblind friendly options for sale, so I'm going to buy coloured marbles separately and swap them out for the troublesome colors. Can anyone please suggest the best colors to remove (I've labelled them A-F), and offer suggestions for replacements? Black and white seem the obvious choice, but I'm not sure if I'll need to replace more than 2 colors.

Hello, Everyone!

It's time for the monthly Bandwagon post. If you would like to post a color wheel, interesting Ishihara test result, your attempt at sorting candy or crayons by color, funny colorblind t-shirt/print/art (without a link to buy it) or anything of the sort - this is the place to do it. These monthly posts are still being evaluated to determine the best way to go with them, so have fun and submit whatever you want to contribute that doesn't suit a full standalone post!

So my partner has been talking about how they’ve been wanting colorblind glasses for almost a year now, and I want to surprise them for christmas. We are both really into digital art and they get sad when I have to help them pick colors or when I’m talking about color theory or similar not really thinking about it, and they have to remind me. I’ve been trying to do research online, but I don’t really know much about colorblind glasses. This was their score on enchroma, but I’ve seen very mixed reviews about their glasses. I’m looking for some that work both indoors and outdoors and I don’t mind splurging a little on them. My partner just talks all the time about how they want to see sunsets and such the same way I do, and I want to give them that.

Any other deutans find burgundy and maroon very easy to distinguish? I hear from some people with normal color vision that the two colors are too similar, and they can’t tell the difference, but to me they look pretty different. Burgundy looks like a significantly more vibrant marron to me, just as different as periwinkle and aqua or even more different looking than olive and brown. I was curious if these colors somehow have more contrast to us?

What do these results mean. What kind of color blind am I? Perhaps one of you fine gentleman could assist me through the numbers given.

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Hi! I was just wondering what types of colourblindness can be induced by a head injury. More specifically, can someone that became colourblind because of a head trauma see green as blue but still be able to see yellow. And would it be possible that with these combine, red would seem brighter. Because the first one (green as blue) seems like tritanomaly, but then yellow wouldn’t be distinguished from red. And from what I know about cornea, there’s no receptor for yellow…

Hiya! I'm looking to learn more about colorblindness to help me understand what colorblindness is and why it happens. I love to paint, build, and design things for him, especially cause he likes art and anime. He doesn't tell me much if he struggles with his colorblindness often and because of that, I tend to forget he can't see certain colors. So, I kinda feel like an ass for trying to get him to see said colors when I know he can't. He has glasses to help with it, but he doesn't tend to use them, because of how expensive they are. Which is EXTREMELY understandable. So, I would appreciate suggestions and advice on how to better understand my darling and how to be more supportive of his diagnosis. Much appreciated.

I'm sitting there, wondering what all the confusion is about. It's 2m, right? Then I remembered, I'm broken.

Yesterday I was out shopping for my sister who is in another city. I thought of getting Jaipur's famous bangles made of lakh (shellac resin). Sent her pics of many collections from the shop. She told that she liked the red and green 10-piece set with the stones. I immediately thought this is gonna be a tough day, so to ease my pain, I simply communicated her exact words to the lady at the counter. Got them bangles. Cross-checked with her by sending a photo of that specific set.

Now, at home, I tried hard to figure out where the heck is the red and green in these muddy brown bangles. Making a video with flash on finally opened my eyes! Wear 5 bangles on each hand – 3 reds surrounded by 2 greens.

NOTE: If you can distinguish them, say thanks to your monitor for having such red and green hue LEDs. I cannot distinguish on my laptop or mobile screen, or in natural light, unless I shone my camera flashlight on them.

Bangles seen under video, flash off, then on, then off

Hey guys! I’m a UX designer (and art lover!) researching how design can be more than just functional for people with colorblindness. There’s a lot of great guidance on color palettes that help with differentiation, making sure colors don’t cause confusion in digital interfaces. But I'm curious about the aesthetics—how colors, patterns, and styles feel to you personally.

I know colorblindness varies a lot, and I’m coming at this as someone who isn’t colorblind. Most research I’ve found is about functionality, but I’m curious to understand what truly feels emotionally and aesthetically pleasing if you see colors differently. My goal is to explore new perspectives so we can move beyond just “making it work” to create design styles and trends that are genuinely enjoyable and visually engaging for people with all kinds of vision.

So if you’re colorblind, I’d love to hear your opinion! Are there certain designs, styles, or color combos that feel especially appealing to you? What makes something stand out visually or emotionally?

I know this might be a tough question, but I’d really love to bring these insights into design and celebrate all the different ways of seeing!

Hey guys. I have protonopia where about 50% of my red is gone but I've also lost about 15% of my green vision cones.

I do a lot of design work for university and personal projects and I often get the critisim that the colours aren't quite right or I get the wrong colour completely because of my colourblindness. I've been looking around for a while to find a program that could put a filter over my screen where I could basically choose how much I wanted each colour to be boosted. Everything I've found is either "Colourblind Simulators" so people who can see perfectly fine can see how I see (Which is obviously the complete opposite of what I need) or it's using the windows colour filters, which also suck because then the colour balance is way off as there is way too much green. The colours get blown out so the issue doesn't actually get fixed. Does anybody know anything like this that I can use?

Also, I've seen the apps where you can screenshot part of your screen then put a filter over it. Although this works in theory, it completely ruins my workflow as I'd have to make an adjustment, screenshot, mentally judge what the difference is and restart the process. I'd much prefer to just make the change live as it can be super tedious going back and forth.

I received my diagnosis just now The doctor couldn't tell me my type but she said I am r/g color deficient after doing the Ishihara test so I'm now formally diagnosed :)

(I was excited to use that image, don't judge me haha)

Having watched the thought emporium (temporarily) cure his lactose intolerance, leaving him with significant lasting improvements, it got me thinking about the potential of gene therapy for colour blindness.

There does appear to be some research being done in the field, with monkeys being treated for deuteronomy, and even a couple of kids treated for achromatopsia, so I think that we may be relatively close to human trials for various flavours of CVD.

Judging from the potential risks listed in the monkey research, would you be willing to take the plunge?

I'm not certain myself, probably about 60/40 to yes; I find my colour blindness to be a frequent but relatively minor annoyance, and the thought of being largely rid of it is interesting. On the other hand, there's definitely an argument that the grass is always (literally in this case) greener on the other side, and if I were to see colours fully for a time then the therapy wore off, I'd suddenly know what I was missing.

Hi, this is my first post here so please be gentle with me. Also sorry for any formatting issues, I'm on mobile.

I've never even considered that I may have some form of colorblindness until my current partner brought it up, but now I can't help but wonder.

I see all the normal colors fine (I think). I can pass those tests where there's a hidden number in some dots. But I cannot distinguish greys. If it's two shades of grey, unless one is very clearly lighter than the other, they look the same to me.

But I ALSO have an issue where I see colors that aren't there in greys? For example I have a blanket that I swear is pink but my partner says is very much grey (the picture attached is the blanket, please comment what you see!) I also remember growing up thinking that my grandparents house was purple but it's grey I guess? And when I search for grey colorblindness, the only thing that comes up is the monochromatic type, and that isn't this.

Does anyone else have this? Is there a term for it? Tell me I'm not crazy please.

I was diagnosed with red/green colorblind (i dont remember the particular form) in my childhood. Never maintained appointments with my eye doctor, so this post is the most ive thought about my colorblindness since i was diagnosed.

Anyway, i know plants are green, stop signs are red. Like i know what red and green is, i see red and green.

But the walls in my house to me are brown, but my family tells me theyre very much green. I have a flannel that i see as red and brownish/gray drab, but apparently its very red and green and i look like im dressed for christmas in it. Or at work my boss will tell me to grab the green wheel barrow.... but yet its as brown as the tree trunk its next to

Like I dont understand. Why are so many greens & reds very much green and red to me, but other supposedly green & reds are just brown to me.

Hey I got my hands on a Ishihara book from 1991. Does anybody know if the answers has changed through the years or is it the same in the modern books?

I'm a photographer who just found out I have a mild form of Deuteranopia. For years I've been having arguments with friends about colors, and had a color theory class that I had trouble communicating what I was seeing to my peers. Haven't taken the test till now, and friends and family say they can see numbers and letters where I can't.

It's definitely a slight form of blindness, I can still see most colors (I think?), but it makes me extremely curious what colors I am missing. Has anyone with mild Deuteranopia, or a mild form of other types, tried the glasses? Did they work or do much?

I'm about to graduate college and I want to go into photography/cinematography- fairly reliant on color for my work.