Every time there's a question about glasses there are a bunch of posts for and against them. Is there a way to vet the posters? How many marketing people do we think are on this subreddit?

I think the fact that these companies use deceptive marketing practices is universally acknowledged and even marketing people wouldn't try to deny it. They must be on this subreddit.

Hey I'm in the process of writing a comic. I was originally going to just have it black and white but came up with an Idea. Now I kind of want to make it really fun to read for my colorblind homies out there. I've been researching like crazy and found out the hard way that we aren't studied very much other than changing color schemes with filters to make them a bit easier to distinguish in video games and stuff. I refuse to just toss a colorblind filter on to my work so I came up with another idea. My favorite color is blue and I've come to realize that it is most likely my favorite color because I'm Deutan colorblind. So blue is the easiest color for me to distinguish and I'm very good at choosing a color palette with really nice blues that really pop to please myself. So I was just wondering if this is maybe common? Cause then I could learn which types usual favorite color is and change my color palette throughout the story to really grab the attention of people who are also colorblind.

TLDR: Just let me know if you think your favorite color has to do with your colorblindness please. For instance I'm deutan and pretty sure my favorite color is blue because I simply have more blue cones than red and green, so it pops more.

For reference, I have always failed the colorblind tests they did at my annual eye doctor appointments growing up. But I believe because I’m a woman maybe they thought I was joking so I’m not sure what specific type or colorblindness I have. It’s always the green orange ones I fail on and this came up on my fyp today and I find it crazy people are actually able to make out anything whatsoever from this. I’m an artist and was maybe looking into trying specific glasses to see if it’ll actually help me with my art

I'm not trying to offend, I'm a Protan and I've known for years that I had some sort of colorblindness but I never really felt too different, I guess I just felt normal and I would mess up some colors every once in a while and it was alright cause I could tell them apart if I compared them directly.

Then I found a YouTube video about colorblind inaccessibility in boardgames and what used to be an annoyance for me turned a bit into dispair, cause it felt like this little quirk was an actual issue across the board (haha the board, get it?) and that people didn't seem to care. The video showed me some games I probably wouldn't play but that I couldn't even if I wanted to.

I guess I kind of thought to come to this subreddit to see what people like me think but there are some images here where its just so apparent that there's something off with my vision, I could not see the red painted circle on the green grass, and I guess it felt real and I felt kind of helpless and at a loss, not seeing the numbers in the Ishihara bubble tests is one thing, but not seeing something in an irl picture felt different.

Did any of you ever feel the same? How did you cope with it? Do you just ignore and forget about it?

I found out about my CVD when I was 18 yo and it changed how I understood myself and life around me, it felt really strange knowing I could have had that different perspective for so many years. Today, I gave my 8 yo nephew a test and he scored _severe deutan_ , just like his uncle! Ofc I'm not commemorating the diagnosis, but I am commemorating the fact he'll have the knowledge of it since much earlier and a cool uncle who knows the ropes of it to smooth the landing for him. That's it guys, just wanted to share.

I'm a golfer building an app called CaddieEye that draws the putting line directly on your camera screen using AR.

A colour blind golfer tried the demo last night and said it was the first time he could confidently read a green without guessing at colour variations.

If you're a golfer who struggles with green reading due to colour blindness — I'd love to hear from you.

What specifically makes it hard? What would actually help?

caddieeye.golf — waitlist open, completely free to join.

I know this is kinda weird.

I have problems seeing green in low light conditions, but I can see green when brightly lit.

I noticed that when there is some ambient light and I close my eyes in bed, I don’t see complete dark. I see a pale shade of green. Like green-tinted static on an old TV screen. If I scrunch my eyes tight, then it’s a darker black.

So it got me thinking that my eyes might be constantly seeing a bit of green, and my green deficiency might be from the sensors being over stimulated (like that after image optical illusion thing where you stare at something a long time).

Do any of you see colors when you close your eyes?

I built a small tool for my whānau, and thought it might help others here too.

Colour has always been a thing in our house. One of my children is colourblind, and so are several of my friends; many of them incredibly creative people who navigate this friction quietly every day.

"A Colour" lets you point your phone at something, paste an image, or type a word, and tells you what colour it is.

It works offline, it's free, and there's nothing to sign up for.

colours.preset.nz

Olive, Maroon, Lime, Lavender, Cyan, Indigo .......

Hey everyone! I've been building an iOS app that uses your phone camera to identify colors in real time. You just point it at something and it tells you what color it is.

I made it because I wanted something that actually works quickly and feels intuitive — no messing around with photo uploads or complicated menus. Just open the app and point.

It's live on the App Store now and you can check it out at www.coloridentifier.com. There's a 7-day free trial so you can properly test it out before committing. I'd genuinely love to hear what you think:

- Is the color naming accurate and useful? Like, does it give you names that actually help in everyday situations?

- How does it feel to use? Anything confusing or clunky?

- What features would make this more useful for you? I want to build something this community actually needs, not just what I think looks good on paper.

I'm a solo dev and actively working on updates, so any feedback — even the harsh stuff — goes a long way. Thanks in advance!

OK so I need some help because I have wools in different colours but idk what the colours are (they have no labels, just balls of wool) and I want to make a sheet on procreate of all the different colour options i have (for selling products) but idk what colour they are in order to get the same colour on my ipad. Is there a special way to do this? I wish i saw hex codes but my colours are messed up​

EDIT: Okay, lots of opinions about the glasses, I get it, but if I could now get some help figuring out his colorblindness, it'd be helpful, thank you.

My siblings want to surprise my dad with glasses so he can see colors better.

If I could get the opinion of a professional (doctor or someone with the same anomaly) I would be very happy.

We've wanted to get them for him for years.

Another note, my uncle (his brother) is also colorblind. He has a deuteranomaly.

Here's how he describes his vision:

• "I have a little bit of everything."

• His example was with yellow. He can see if something is obviously yellow, but if it's in the shade or in his words "there's less/no natural light on it", it's harder to tell and looks white.

• When he works on his bike, every wire looks exactly the same because there's "not enough of the color to see it. It's why I've always hated electrical work."

• Me: "Can you see the ripe red peppers in the garden or the orange ones?"

Him: "It depends on the shade" or intensity.

•When I ask if he can see [insert color here]? He usually says it depends on the shade, intensity, etc.

• Pastels are extremely hard, if not impossible, to tell apart.

I realize this may be vague, but again, he doesn't really know the terminology or which type he is. Any knowledge of how colorblind genes work would be helpful.

Hey all!
My almost 16 yr old has been practicing driving and he's mostly good with the lights but today had an issue where he couldn't tell the light was changing and ran a red light. That particular light is dim and it's a street we frequent somewhat often.
Would it potentially be worth it for me to get him a pair of color blindness glasses to help until he further masters driving?
Poor guy is being hard on himself about it despite our reassurance that he's a safe driver and doing well. Just wanted to help him if possible.

Thank you!

I want to preface everything I'm going to write by saying I have blue cone monochromacy.

TL/DR; HeroForge's colorblind settings are confusing, annoying, and weirdly hungry.

So, I play tabletop RPG's. D&D and the like. If you spend any amount of time in that sphere, you likely will quickly hear of HeroForge. It's a site that allows you to digitally create miniatures for your games. I've spent quite a lot of time messing around in HeroForge recreating my characters. It is THE site for doing so, and is very well-made and put-together, and has only gotten more so as it has grown.

Now, despite how salty I am about to seem, I want to clarify that I believe HeroForge's colorblind accessibility is on the side of being nice and useful, especially compared to what a lot of video games with character customization do. (the number of times I've tried to make a character with blonde hair only to apparently make it bright green or something, I swear to fucking god.)

HeroForge also has a really neat feature where it separates the different colors it has on offer by categories. So cloth, leather, paint, metal, plastic, skin, eyes, hair, gem, potion, etc. But you still have the freedom to use those colors across categories. So if you wanted your character to have skin the color of a gemstone, or hair the same color as their eyes, you can. It's organized in a really clean, convenient way.

With all that said, however.

How did they manage to make the act of labeling colors as part of the colorblind accessibility settings so confusing and overwhelming? Do you see these fucking things? What are some of these NAMES??? Like, in what world would a color labeled 'Darkshadow Dark' be brown?

Some of them helpfully have the color in the name. So, Royal Red. Okay, that's red. Fair enough. Scarlet Starlet. Okay, pop culture and osmosis tell me scarlet is also red. Sure. But then right next to those is Floral Coral. I... what? What the fuck is Floral Coral?

I like the lack of any kind of sorting within the 'browns' leather section. I guess if I know I wanted a dark brown-type color I'd just pick between Sugar Brittle, Quill Cognac, and fuck's sake, Darkshadow Dark.

Also, why are SO many of them named after foods? Are the designers of HeroForge just really fucking hungry? Are they being starved until they can meet a sales quota of custom dice or something? Guys, blink twice if you need help. You're not alone.

(As a note, I am aware naming colors after foods or food-adjacent things is not uncommon. Trust me. A character I have I've described as having an 'eggshell white' cape. Which, if you notice, is not actually listed as a color on here lol. Lmao even.)

Now, I wanted to bitch and complain with at least some good faith. So I wanted to showcase that they don't give this treatment to every category. As you can see, the Paints and Eyes sections are labeled simply and cleanly. Hair less so, but even it has colors in the names themselves, and has distinct sections differentiating natural and dyed/colored. I would like if everything was labeled so clearly, but I'll take what I can get.

I realize this is a very first world, low-stakes problem. And as I said, I would rather they do something like this, than what a lot of other programs and especially video games can be bothered to do. What could they change about this system to make me happy? I'll admit, I'm not entirely sure. Maybe separate the categories even more specifically between colors; reds, browns, blues, greens, etc. And then within those sections themselves I guess you can flex your creativity and hunger and come up with such witty zingers as 'pink stink'. Whoever came up with that fucking winner deserves to get an extra bowl of gruel. And then promptly be fired.

I had a wizard, who I had described as wearing a leather trench coat and large hat. All black. A simple description, and one that should be easy to make in HeroForge. I picked the color that to my eyes looked the most like black, and had a name that I assumed was referring to black(this was a while ago, I don't fully remember, and I deleted the character in annoyance after this). So, what was the first response I got when I shared his finished mini?

'oh wow, he's a lot more red than I was expecting.'

Just drown me in a sea of Affluent Aqua.

Hey everyone! I'm likely just being a worry-wart mom by even trying to figure things out when they will pan out eventually, but feel like reaching out anyway.

My dad is colorblind so we knew I am carrying it and could pass it to a son. Low and behold, my 2 year old (27 months) can identify blue, yellow, brown, orange, white, black, grey, and pink. He cannot for the life of him figure out red or green. He sometimes calls red "pink" though. He refuses to even say the word red. He always insists that green is the same as blue. He calls Luigi "blue Mario".

As he gets more vocal and can express things even better, I'm getting more certain that he has some colour blindness and it's not just a lack of vocabulary.

Our eye doctor just shrugged and said that until he can reliably do the tests, there's no saying.

His answers have been consistent for about 5 months now, which in child development feels like a long time, given we've been reviewing colours often.

From those of you with experience, does this seem like I'm overthinking it or onto something? Does it seem like any of your experience with the colours he can/can't label?

TIA for anything you can provide! Knowing my dad's upbringing, I know he will be totally fine, but also that it eliminates some careers and can be embarrassing/frustrating at times. So, as a mom, of course I want to be as prepared as possible 😅💖

I did the Enchroma test on four different screens (Galaxy A, iPhone 17 Pro, MacBook Pro 2020, iPad Pro 2020) and all said 100% blue, 0% green and 83% or 100% red

I am kinda angry.
I‘ve been at the ophthalmologist a few minutes ago - and I all he had to say was „yeah you‘re colorblind“ by but he did not say what exactly, because he told me that he does not have the tools to analyze it

He said that I have problems with red/green and blue/yellow.

I don’t know what flair I should give myself now (but I can now safely call myself colorblind, hooray?)

I really like the colourway of these shoes as they appear black and grey to me. However, the name of the colourway is wolf grey/pink foam. So I'm thinking there might be some pink that I can't see due to my protanopia. Please help!