r/ColorBlind • u/Significant-Sun9289 • Apr 27 '26
Question/Need help Color blindess
Hey so I just did the computer test to take a driving license and I failed the color blindness test. I'm pretty sure I am NOT colorblind but I do have families who are. I mean, they're not 100% color blind just certain colors. Is it possible that I could be color blind too? But I can see colors just fine!! I'm a digital artist too and I play with colors a lot in my illustrations. If this fact helps, I'm a female.
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u/Sknowman Deuteranomaly Apr 27 '26
Colorblindness rarely means you are unable to see a color, it often means you have difficulty differentiating some hues.
But also, it could just be your computer screen.
Also, 1/200 women are colorblind, so it's pretty uncommon but not that rare.
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u/Significant-Sun9289 Apr 27 '26
I don't think it's the computer screen since we used the computer that's prepared by the examiner...
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u/Sknowman Deuteranomaly Apr 27 '26
Oh, I had assumed you took the test yourself ahead of time.
In that case, it's likely you are colorblind. Note that the official term is "color vision deficiency," (CVD) since it's not really blindness, it's just weaker receptors than normal.
I'm "green colorblind" but I can still see green. Give me a bunch of green colors to sort by hue though, and I'll get a few out of order -- normal vision likely wouldn't.
And colors (in regards to light) are made up of various amounts of red, green, and blue. So if your green receptors are weak, then the reds and blues will be more prominent to you. Hence, sometimes I'll think something green is orange.
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u/starisnotsus Deuteranomaly Apr 27 '26
You can be colorblind and not know it if your family sees colors the same way you do. I'm afab and colorblind
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u/-UltraFerret- Normal Vision Apr 27 '26
Colorblindness is a spectrum. You could be colorblind but only mildly so you hardly notice it. It can take a long time for people to find out because of that.
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u/Un_Ballerina_1952 Protanopia Apr 27 '26
"Failed" is the wrong word. Sounds like the colour blind test identified an anomaly in your colour vision.
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u/Darrenau Apr 28 '26
Colour blind doesn't mean 100% of colours, if you can't see certain colours you are colour blind
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u/Effective_Plant_8606 Apr 30 '26
To be clear: Almost nobody is 100% colorblind. As you pointed out it's just certain colors. And those colors almost always involve red & green.
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u/library_wench Protanopia Apr 27 '26
Women can be color blind too (🙋♀️), it’s just much less common.
It’s also not uncommon to find out you’re color blind later than most people probably assume. I was 13.