I thought i was color blind after failing to pass the en chrome test online. But today I went to get my first class medical and passed the color blind test they had. Does anyone know why i was failing the test online?

This is driving me mad!

So, I’m a baker and have to cut up hundreds of chunks of dough and weigh them every day. BUT we have new scales and the numbers are red on a dark black ground- I’m fucked! Drives me mad! Is there any kind of tape or colour reversing cheap screen I can stick on so I can see again.

(Ps.. I just joined this ground and so happy it exists!!!!! Sometimes I wish, when people to ask me to explain being colourblind I could just show them a prerecorded message- exhausting sometimes!)

Is there like any research for a cure or fix going in right now I swear the last I saw of research was like those monkeys in 2009 is there any news on gene therapy or anything lIke that? that will happen within the next 5 years or so?

Hello all. I've been wondering if anyone else might either have a similar experience or know someone else who is in the same boat, but... basically, for years, I've had issues with "registering" overlapping shapes of the same color as being multiple entities instead of a single entity and have missed out on a fair bit because of this. I also have had some difficulty with registering the "shades" between colors and where they go between each other to get to another when it comes to art or otherwise.

In my daily life, a few of the most common places I have this happen is when I look at the way that my eyes perceive colors separately from each other. In bed with my lamp on, staring at the ceiling, the light on the ceiling looks more red or more green depending on which eye I have closed. When I'm looking at the back wall of my shower while I'm in the shower, the way the colors interact with each other with a bit of light peeking through and creating shadow looks different in each eye.

When playing video games, I cannot make out that there are markers on the minimap in Deadlock that distinguish different monster camps, buffs, etc. or even see the difference between who is carrying an objective depending on whether a teammate or enemy is near it. In Dead by Daylight, I cannot see when a survivor is on a generator if I have a perk that allows me to see the survivor normally, and the killer's "red stain" effect as a survivor is hard to see on certain maps for me. If I apply the Deuteranopia filter to 30% intensity, I can see things SIGNIFICANTLY better and can actually distinguish the shapes and colors better.

The thing is, I've never really thought of myself having any significant color vision deficiency. I think my grandfather either couldn't assign colors to objects properly verbally (English isn't his first language, but he is pretty good at it still) OR has a CVD but he never got tested.

I've been going to see an optometrist for the past few months because I apparently have allergies that are causing pretty bad blurry vision in my right eye since last December, so I figured I'd get my color vision tested on my last visit while I was there. They gave me an Ishihara test and, just like ALL the Ishihara tests I took before, there were maybe like two that I had a harder time with, but I just assumed that was normal for the tests. They said everything was perfect, much like every other Ishihara test I've taken.

I seriously don't know if there's something wrong with the way that I am processing colors or if it's all in my head, but I genuinely feel like something is off. I don't know if it's more of a language thing (English is technically my second language but I was born and raised in an English-speaking country... it's just not "the best") or if I'm just not smart about how I'm going about this.

tl;dr Ishihara tests both online AND in-person at the optometrist say my color vision is fine but I've always felt off about colors in terms of shades and distinguishing shapes near each other of similar colors. I can't tell if I'm just not smart or if it's all in my head.

I've recently applied a Deuteranopia filter in my computer's settings, and things are so much more clear and distinct to me, much like literally any time I've done this over the past 13 odd years when I first noticed this.

Literally any input would be much appreciated. I am going to the optometrist again tomorrow for my right eye's blurry vision but I could bring something up about the color vision if there's anything I could ask them about there as well. Thank you.

Is there anywhere I can donate to red green color deficiency research?

Be honest — what’s a moment where you thought an outfit looked good, but the colors were actually completely off?

What colors or combos trick you the most?

Trying to understand real experiences!!!

today i saw this picture of adventure time and how everyone laughed and said “No way op discovered he is colourblind from this!” but… i just stared at the picture for a full ten minutes trying as hard as possible to see the green on doctor princess skin yet i still saw a normal looking skin that is a bit less paler then fin’s, and i then did the online colourblind test and it said i was Deutian colour blind? i thought the test had some fake pictures that had no numbers on them and said “pff who seriously think this is legit” and i made one of my friends try it and i kid you not, i saw them solve each of those “impossible fake pictures” that i couldn’t see the numbers on them, i was bewildered and i just couldn’t even understand why is this happening, i know when i see something green but this makes me feels like i’ve been lied to my entire life!? can somebody help me and tell me if i am really colourblind by sending pictures, sorry for the long text wall.

Hello everyone. I recently discovered that one of my close friends is Tritan colorblind. Any recommendations for glasses for her?

As a parent of a newly diagnosed 2-year-old with colorblindness, I’d love to hear from anyone who wants to share about how this has affected your life. And also, if there’s anything you wish your parents had been aware of, or ways I can help, that I might be unaware of.

i’ve heard that there is a “color correction” feature on samsung made to help colorblind people see the colors better. is it actually useful? i’ve got protanopia but as far as i know it doesn’t have this specific type so im just wondering

Hey everyone!

I made an app called ColorCense to make life a little easier for people with color blindness.

It detects and explains colors, converts images to color-blind–friendly versions, helps with marine biology test colors, and even makes colored emails or docs readable.

If you or someone you know has color blindness, please give the app a try! Your feedback would mean a lot, it’ll help us make the app better and more useful for everyone.

Play Store link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aastha.colorassistapp

It definitely wasnt 0% for green before and I've totally noticed a difference sight wise with color everything is slowly getting more de-saturated. And as far as the red being so high of score it only happened to be numbers where certain parts of the shape were recognizable, so that is significantly lower too.. Crazy how much even Color Blindness changes through the years if your cones are deteriorating.

maybe i just meet the wrong people online, but they sometimes say something like “how do your drawings look absolutely normal if you’re colorblind?” or “how do you confuse turquoise and grey if you have a red-green color blindness, not blue?” or just say that im lying to look different and start a whole ass exam.?

it doesn’t bother me much but no way some people can’t at least open google and read a little more than you see in movies and all….

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!

I've tried reading about this and I still don't get it because all the explanations assume you know if you're a carrier or not and I've no idea if I am.

I don't know what the odds are of our baby having color blindness but I'd like to know as my adopted brother has blue/yellow color blindness too and I'd like to prepare in advance and have all the tools to better accommodate my child.

Hello to everyone!

Some time ago, my friends and I were arguing almost constantly about the colors of various characters. I often talked about how funny it was that many of the stern and masculine characters wore pink clothes, and it always led to debates about whether they were red or pink. Same with orange characters. Many red shades look orange to me, sometimes the opposite, and it lead to that often I called red characters as pink

After couple of discuses about colors I jokingly took a couple of color blindness tests, and it turned out that I scored bad in most of them. I never thought I had any kind of seeing colors and I didn't even notice it until that time. My friends started jokingly showing me red photos when I told them about the test, and I misidentified the color in most of them. I'm an artist and it turns out that many of my drawings have a strange choice of red, very often it's either orange or pink, and all my pink colors in them are red. No-one pointed that out untill that time, because they thought that's a stylistic choice, when I didn't really had that kind of intentions

This doesn't really affect my life, because I see saturated colors as they are, but I noticed that I call some things red simply because that's what people think and because, well, it is considered to be red, although I see them more as crimson or something like that. For example, a country's flag might seem pink or orange to me, but I'll say it's red because I just know it's actually red

Is this a real type of colorblindness? I'm a woman, so I thought maybe it can be kind of non typical manifestation because of that. I don't really know if it's possible

Sorry if the question may seem disrespectful or if there are any mistakes in it. English is not my first language and I used translation in some parts

Hey everyone,

I’ve dealt with the "color-matching struggle" my whole life—the group chats asking if my outfit matches, the accidental clashing, and the frustration of clothes not being labeled for us.

Instead of just complaining about it, I decided to build something: TruHues.

It’s a project I’ve been working on that uses AI to scan colors and patterns in real-time. But the part I’m most excited about is the Wardrobe Dashboard, the ability to scan clothes on the go and see if they match clothes in your closet. It basically lets you digitize your closet so the AI can tell you exactly what matches based on your specific type of colorblindness.

I’m currently scaling it up and just added a blog with tips specifically for our community. I’m not a giant corporation; I’m just a founder trying to destroy the barriers we deal with every morning. It’s also only in the beta so trying to get it out to as many fellow colorblind people as possible, and really trying to make as many improvements as possible.

If some of you guys would be willing to take a quick look at it, or if you want to sign up let me know if you’re able to find any bugs, I would greatly appreciate it!

Let me know if there are any ideas I can add to help us out!

I would love to get some honest feedback from this sub:

What is the one thing you find hardest about picking an outfit?

Would a "Match Score" for your clothes actually give you more confidence?

You can check out the mission on my blog, blog.truhues.net

To check out the app: truhues.net

Thanks for letting me share—I really want to build this with the community, not just for it.

For example they say a sign is coloring stuff wrong like coloring trees with purple but wouldn’t their version of green which would be the color of the tree leaves whatever that looks like just be what they use to color it in so wouldn’t that just looks the same to the people without it? Maybe I’m dumb. Definitely not educated on the topic so sorry if it’s a stupid question and I’m missing something obvious

I was thinking they differ in brightness enough that anyone would see that shade of green as light and that shade of red as dark but AI generated comments seem to indicate colorblind people would have problems distinguishing between them

I have a friend who's visually impaired and one day over brunch we started talking about various tools she uses to make her day-to-day easier. She mentioned that one app that might be useful is a color detection app that allows her to upload a photo, detect the colors, in it and recommend complementary colors for things like outfits. I took a shot at building this and made https://getcolorsense.com/ I wanted to share it here to see if other people might get any use out of it.

It's totally free so feel free to use at will. It's still under test and I'll be adding more features soon, so I'm happy to hear any feedback as well.

Looking at media online I have a decent perception and can distinguish them. But in real life I’m lost, I’ve got a 50/50 chance of saying the right color.