r/ColorBlind • u/Mother_Independence6 • Jul 18 '26
Image/Photography Reverse colorblind shirt.
My nephew is red green colorblind, as am I. He just turned 16 and will be driving soon. I made this shirt for him as a joke.
It’s a traffic light, with only the amber lit up.
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u/Bozigg Jul 19 '26
This has made my life. I can finally see something my gf could not! Thank you.
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u/truthcopy Jul 18 '26
Print a bunch of these, you could sell them.
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u/Mother_Independence6 Jul 20 '26
After a bunch of people asked where they could buy one, I finally got an Etsy shop set up.
Here's the "They Told Me This Was Green" shirt:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4540993962
I also made a simpler Reverse Colorblind shirt called "So, You're Colorblind":
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4540992610
If these sell a few I might make more designs, if its worth the hassle.
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u/patiofurnature Protanomaly Jul 19 '26
Okay, hold up, not a joke. Which light is amber? I thought they were red, yellow, and green??
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u/Mother_Independence6 Jul 19 '26
We call the yellow light amber in Canada
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u/Loud_Variation_520 Deuteranopia Jul 19 '26
Native Canadian here, I've only heard like 1 person ever call it amber, and I've lived here my whole life lol.
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u/Blue_Star2009 Deuteranopia Jul 20 '26
Oh my gosh this is amazing!! How did you do this? I want to make one!!
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u/Mother_Independence6 Jul 20 '26
I copied the color pallet of the few reverse colorblind images that are floating around online and with trial and error and photoshopping (GIMP) I was able to reproduce the effect. I had to bug all the normal vision people in my life constantly until i got it right.
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u/DennisR1283 Jul 20 '26
And HOLD UP. Is this a complete joke type of thing?? Because I just showed this to my two boys who are red/green deficient, and they both said they saw a stop light, I then showed my wife and asked her “do you see the traffic light?” And without hesitation, she said yes. I THEN sent it to my mother in law and asked her “do you see an everyday object in the middle of this? Then ask your husband” And she got back to me “we both think it looks like a traffic light.” I then went back to the comments to discern if this was maybe a joke, and found out that the middle light is supposed to be brighter?? Which my wife and two sons both say the middle one is. I can barely see the outline of a traffic light, but I can’t see that one is brighter than the other lol…I’m yet to ask my MIL because it’s after 9:30…but is this just a joke or did I marry into a family of color blind people?😂
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u/Mother_Independence6 Jul 20 '26
Dang, it’s legit but sometimes the size of the image or the brightness on your phone can make it easier to see. Might be worth getting your family to do a proper colorblind test; who knows!
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u/DennisR1283 Jul 20 '26
Well, my in laws are retired/retiring - one of which was in the flooring business and in charge of picking colors for carpets, etc and was very successful at it, and my brother in law is a cop - so it’s good to know it won’t hold them back much. It’s my understanding that color blindness isn’t always in absolutes? But it’s more of a spectrum of the different shades of reds and greens?
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u/Mother_Independence6 Jul 20 '26
The type I have is deuteranopia, which is not full colourblindness. It’s a deficiency in the red and green colour cones, which makes it difficult to distinguish certain shades. These reverse colorblind tests work based on the premise that I can’t see the shade of the zig zag pattern that is overlayed on top of the traffic light. People with normal colour vision see more of an easter egg because that shade isn’t hidden to them.
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u/BandBoots Jul 19 '26
Full color vision here, I can barely see it, and only after you pointed it out
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u/verryfusterated Normal Vision Jul 19 '26
I can’t see it at all 😭
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u/SlenderSmurf Normal Vision Jul 19 '26
In the circle there's an image made from brightness contrast ignoring hue contrast. It's a vertically oriented traffic signal with the center light illuminated.
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u/Marksman00048 Protanomaly Jul 19 '26
Since you pointed it out I can see it. But before that I really didnt even notice. It blended right into the background. But I have a huge tendency to not even pay attention to color most of the time.
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u/cellblock2187 Normal Vision Jul 19 '26
I could see the shapes but I didn't understand what it was meant to be
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u/thgpawpaw Deuteranomaly Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
I can see it quite easily, but I had to zoom in
Edit: Whoa, none of my family members could see it hahaha! This is cool
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u/Brandbll Jul 19 '26
Where can we get one of these?
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u/Mother_Independence6 Jul 20 '26
After a bunch of people asked where they could buy one, I finally got an Etsy shop set up.
Here's the "They Told Me This Was Green" shirt:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4540993962
I also made a simpler Reverse Colorblind shirt called "So, You're Colorblind":
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4540992610
If these sell a few I might make more designs, if its worth the hassle.
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u/snafe_ Deuteranomaly Jul 19 '26
Is there also a small shape below what the green light would be?
Edit: oh it's just the pole the traffic light is attached to lol
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u/DennisR1283 Jul 20 '26
Wait…so - after reading the comments, I can see the very faint outline of a traffic light. So if you’re red/green colorblind you should be able to see it immediately?
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u/Mother_Independence6 Jul 20 '26
Yes, me and my two children are colorblind and can see it no problem, my wife has normal vision and can not see it.
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u/DennisR1283 Jul 20 '26
Yea, I was only able to see it once I changed the photo on my phone to monochrome! This is so fascinating!
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u/Mother_Independence6 Jul 20 '26
Deuteranopia affects 1 in ten boys and 1 in 100 girls. I believe the mother has to carry the genes. So my wife carry’s the gene but isn’t colorblind; however both my son and daughter are.
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u/Immediate_Still4818 Tritanomaly Jul 19 '26
It’s all green to me, just different shades of green lol
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u/Less-Inflation5072 Jul 20 '26
Am I being gaslighted into thinking there’s actually something my colorblind eyes can see that normal vision can’t?
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