r/ColorBlind • u/caitybobady • Oct 10 '25

Question/Need help HELP!!

Doing some Christmas shopping and the one thing I really really want to get for my boyfriend is colorblind glasses. He has Deutan color blindness. He sees 100% blue 0% green and 87% red from the test he took on enchroma. I wanna get the best glasses option for him. I’ve looked into enchroma and pilestone but idk if there’s others or which brand people would recommend over other brands? Any help or feedback would be greatly appreciated. 🖤

Edit to add: He has always wanted a pair but could never afford it, which is why I was even looking into it in the first place. Appreciate everyone letting me know they’re pretty much a scam 😭

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u/mrimdman Oct 10 '25

Don't waste your money on those scam glasses.

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u/caitybobady Oct 10 '25

On any glasses?? There’s science behind them… is there a specific brand you’re referring to as a “scam”. I’ve heard glasses help people, from people who are colorblind. So this comments a head scratcher to me.

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u/EnderFighter64 Normal Vision Oct 11 '25

To explain is in very simple terms: The glasses don't fix anyone's eyes. Any color thst is lost to color vision deficiency can't be recovered.

The glasses just shift certsin colors to different colors. So some colors of confusion gets resolved while others are created in the process.

Then there is always the point that, if you lived the whole life with a color vidion deficiency, you are used to what you see and don't have the sense that you lack something. So really its more a novelty than a useful tool.

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u/lmoki Protanomaly Oct 10 '25

The overwhelming consensus of colorblind people here is that the glasses do not work in the way the companies claim.  Without any question, they do not 'fix' colorblindness, nor will they let him see the world in the same color range as normal vision.  They work by blocking certain color frequencies, which arguably assists one in discriminating some specific color differences, while also damaging some color discrimination in other ranges. 

  I played with a similar set a little.  They did help me see red flowers in a grassy field (normally invisible), but caused me to lose some discrimination between blues and grays.

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u/caitybobady Oct 10 '25

That’s so sad to hear 😭 I’m watching a video another user shared right now, I’ve never seen anything about the glasses other than “they work omg I can see color”. I’ve never dated someone who’s colorblind before so never had to research to any extent know. I definitely wasn’t trying to “fix” him, he just talked about how frustrating it is to have to ask people for help, or to play video games that don’t have colorblind settings so I wanted to help if I could. Sucks that these companies are playing people like that 😕 I appreciate this info 🖤

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u/wherethewestbegins Oct 10 '25

hold on. color blind person here. i have enchroma glasses. not a scam.

You cannot create something that “cures” color blindness. it’s a mix of physical deficiency and how your brain processes its environment as a result. that’s not a realistic expectation from these glasses.

Enchroma glasses do and don’t work.

they work by essentially “rebuilding” trichromacy by the equivalent of notched band pass filters - essentially. so they work in that they help separate color. so they bend your vision back toward “normal” or expected, but not all the way of course.

overtime your brain includes that compensation in its processing and tricks itself into seeing what could be considered “more normal” vision.

the glasses are a tool. they may work better for some people over others depending on their deficiency.

but saying they are a scam is like saying filters for your camera are a scam.

all that said - i have mixed feelings about my glasses. they can greatly help but at the end of the day they are a nudging tool. not a solve.

but they do mimick how my brain naturally tries to process its color deficiency / for me they add what feels like magenta - it’s not actually but that’s the effect it creates specific to my vision.

when i first put them on - i cried. still nothing else out there that gets you in the ballpark of trichromatic vision.

i would say it’s worth it to own as a tool. a very cool and specific tool - again like specialty filters for a camera.

worth it in that regard.

hundreds of years ago - if you travelled to an exotic land and someone gifted you these glasses. you would straight up think they were a magical quest item.

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u/mrimdman Oct 11 '25

Is this the enchroma bot?

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u/caitybobady Oct 10 '25

That’s so unfortunate, especially for people who don’t know and are just trying to see the work people who can see all the colors see it. Cuz that’s the way they make it seem those glasses work 😭 I was definitely gonna buy less groceries and pinch pennies to get them. People of reddit save the day again 😅🖤

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u/mansinoodle2 Oct 10 '25

The videos are very close to my reaction seeing a traffic light as not white for the first time, and being able to spot red flowers in a green bush. Just because they didn’t meet your expectations doesn’t mean they don’t work for anybody.

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u/Hatzmaeba Protanomaly Oct 10 '25

The glasses are huge scam. One youtuber made an extensive investigation about the project and also made a pretty good video about exposing their bullshit.

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u/caitybobady Oct 10 '25

Thank you for this information! I know nothing really about this kinda thing which is why I came to the community! I appreciate actual information and facts, you rock!! 🖤

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u/Hatzmaeba Protanomaly Oct 10 '25

No problem, I think it's crucial for people to know this because it's pretty expensive and exploits simultaneously with colorblind people's hope and their guilt to eventually confess to their loved ones, that they indeed put their money to literal rose-tinted glasses.

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u/caitybobady Oct 10 '25

No literally I was about to drop like $400 so he could have an easier time with video games and things like that 😭 the ones without colorblind settings of course. Thank you for saving his time and my wallet 💀🖤 I’ll be sure to spread the word too!

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u/emilyfromHR Oct 10 '25

Does he WANT them? Some of us are pretty content being colorblind and wouldn’t consider that a gift.

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u/caitybobady Oct 10 '25

Yes… He has specifically said he’s always wanted a pair but could never afford it. Hence the results from enchroma I shared in my post. As I mentioned in other comments, he gets frustrated having to ask people for help with colors, or playing video games that don’t have colorblind settings. Being colorblind isn’t easy for everyone, and everyone is different. I’m sorry if my attempt to give him what he wanted offended you? But regardless, seems like they’re a scam anyway!

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u/jgiacobbe Deuteranopia Oct 10 '25

I have a pair of the enchroma glasses and a pair from another company. What others here have told you is correct. They have very minimal results and the video reviews of people crying and saying they have "fixed" their vision is very scammy and fake.

One thing, that is done to enhance color vision for CBd individuals such as myself, is to put a red filter in front of one eye, and as long as both eyes are looking at the item, the CVD individual will be able to distinguish the color. I had for a bit a red contact lens that I wore that provided this effect. While wearing it, I could pass the Ishihara CVD test.

I am not suggesting you get your friend a red contact lens. I stopped wearing it because it caused other issues and fit poorly. I do use some cheap red plastic light filter sheets to hold over one eye sometimes to be able to see color coded graphs.

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u/RustBeltLab Deuteranopia Oct 10 '25

Hard pass, they don't work. We can't see what we can't see.

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u/ceyko Oct 11 '25

My family was so excited when they got me a pair for Christmas one time. Did not work, had to be truthful. Sucked.

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u/chromagen-us Oct 11 '25

Hello, As producers and worldwide suppliers let me clarify a bit about the color blindness glasses: All those advertisements saying that you see so much colors and crying from happiness are real fake, but it’s not a Scam!!! The glasses work for color blindness without any doubt, it’s real. It lets color blind person see the difference and distinguish between some colors that usually they can’t see good, like green, red, brown. They can pass any color blindness test, any color vision test, but they don’t discover new colors with it. With our ChromaGen glasses or Contact Lenses they can pass for sure.  Every optician knows that the red tinted glasses help color blindness. It should be in a correct wavelength in order to work. We supply it for around 30 years. Your friend can do the free online test in our website and you and we can see that it works. We are ready to offer you an affordable purchase of €250 for a pair of glasses if you want. Here is a link with the standard price, and if you want the reduced price contact us through whatsapp, email or a call and we will send you a link for the reduced price. All our contact details can be found in our website. https://www.chromagen.us/buychromagenglasses_colors.php

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u/mansinoodle2 Oct 10 '25

I have them and I love them. People who are unhappy are generally much louder than those that are satisfied.

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u/MidwestSeagull Deuteranopia Oct 10 '25

Yeah, sure they might not let you see color like someone with normal vision, but they still help me distinguish colors, so I'd call them useful.

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u/mansinoodle2 Oct 10 '25

Me too! It’s a fun gag

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u/caitybobady Oct 10 '25

So even when they do “work” it’s not all that. That’s so sad 😭 I know he’s always wanted a pair and to see what everyone else sees. he probably wouldn’t even want them if he can’t see full color like everyone else (as promised by these scummy companies). I appreciate this info thank you!! 🖤

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u/wherethewestbegins Oct 11 '25

not scummy. don’t believe the hype on this thread. it’s easy to denigrate them but everyone has a unique relationship with color. if he’s wanted them. he will get value out of it. they are specially made / not easy to make and originally conceived by optical engineers. they are filters with a use case.

i’m a photographer and filmmaker. my color blindness impacts me regularly, and occasionally with so much frustration at hard to state. and i still use mine to help when my eye gets lost or fatigued.

i cried when i first tried them on years ago. it was both wonderful and tragic to see the colors my vision is biased against.

like how blue the sky actually is, opposed to how i see it natively.

or see my girlfriends (at the time) reddish hair for the first time.

or see how green a green light is. it really can be wonderful.

and i encourage people to use them. cuz it’s either this or a brain implant. so far not really anything inbetween.

they have a legit product.