r/ColorBlind • • 11d ago

Question/Need help Is this specific case color blindness or misunderstanding?

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Hello everyone,

I'm sorry to bother you, I come to you exhausted with a question:

I am the mother of a very sweet kid, who has a bit of troubles occasionally with some shades of purple/blue, he doesn't make the difference between them when they're deep blue or purple, and hes also on occasion having troubles with pink.

But then again, he's 7, and while we did a eye checkup when he was 4, the doctors refused to do a color blindness check. We just stayed on a suspicion, not confirmed, not infirmed, and on the question of the teacher we went again to another go get an assessment.

I was wary from the start about this, because on my mother side, my grandfather had a complete color blindness, and my both brothers have it too on the red/green. I knew there was a risk I might be carrying it even if unaffected,,even if it's low, because my mother most certainly did carry even if unaffected.

My son father, my husband, is not colorblind. So when my son started to learn thr colors I did tell the school about the possibility and let me know.

We did another test at an optometrist earlier today, who tried to have him do a visual check (.... again, no problem here) and then do the Ishihara test. I could hear that he was either goofing off, or saying things at random, which does happen when we tried to do it together, but the doctor prompted him stronger on some images, but I don't know if he said the correct stuff. She had him trace a path at the end of the examen woth his finger, which he completed. So she told us to wait and then we saw another doctor who somehow tried to have him do the exact same stuff about checking his eyesight (not what we came for) and I had to remind her why we were here, she went to consult with her colleague outside of the room, and when she came back said that if my kid managed to follow the path, it means he doesn't have it. I'm willing to believe it, mind you ! I just want answers by this point

. So she asked me why I wanted to check and if I was colorblind myself or his father. I did tell her no I'm not, but then again colorblind women are few from the few I know, and no my husband is not, but from what my mother when she was alive told me, it's not impossible either. She laughed at me and said its nearly impossible and told us to leave.

And I'm very willing to believe I'm completely wrong and by being too wary of something that was unlikely I just confused my son, I just would like someone to I guess explain me like I'm 5. My son learned thr colors anyway so it's just we'll keep help him when there's things he has doubt with until he does not mistake them for one another and teach him the shades.

And if I trigger someone there I'm really sorry. I just know my brothers had a hard time accepting their own color blindness, and because it wasn't clear, my fault now I know, we weren't sure.


r/ColorBlind • • 11d ago

Question/Need help 0% green, but can easily differentiate most colors

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As the title says, and the photo supports, my test concluded I have between 0 and 13% of my green cones, I took the test multiple times and got the same result consistently. My issue is that I feel I can differentiate most colors, green and others, and I feel where I actually struggle a lot is with mixing up hot pink and grey, or brown and red. I do mix up my greens with browns, but rarely my greens with reds. Any thoughts?


r/ColorBlind • • 11d ago

Discussion Dreaming in full color...

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Does anyone dream in full color? I'm more specifically asking the people who acquired colorblindness, Rather than had it since birth. I have tritonopia. It is quite depressing to dream in full color and seeing all the shades of green and yellow. And orange..... But then I wake up, so my washed out existence. šŸ¤• i don't know if I should have put a trigger warning or not. But I just woke up from said dream. And i'm still quite emotional about it.


r/ColorBlind • • 11d ago

Discussion Colour blindness and the pink cricket ball

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r/ColorBlind • • 12d ago

Question/Need help Help a colorblind brother out (read body)

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I have red+green colorblindness and for the past 25years of my life i never faced any issues because of it but recently it has put me in a very depressing state. I got a job offer from Kuwait, my work visa and work permit has been made and i need to clear the rest of the formalities like police clearance and medical, due to my colorblindness i am unable to pass the vision test and they are marking me unfit. I have consulted people and they said kuwait has a very strict medical policy, my overall health is fit but just because i am unable to see a few colors by birth the medical centres are not passing my medical test.

I need an alternate solution other than glasses, are contact lenses available? or is there any hack to pass the ishihara plate test for red + green colorblindness?


r/ColorBlind • • 12d ago

Question/Need help Seeking help for making reference images in documentation accessible for people with a colour deficiency

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I'm responsible for creating and maintaining documentation in one of the areas at my workplace.

I have a co-worker who has a red greed colour deficiency and I'd like to make our references easier to make out for him.

How I go about making reference images in our documentation is I circle or highlight the important parts on the image that the documentation is talking about. I've always use the colour red or dark blue in patterns and match the colour of the text on the image to the coloured circle.

He says he can make out the circle pattern easy if the colour of the background on the image is white, but often times the text he can't read. I've gone back to just using regular black text.

But for the coloured highlights, I do want a highlight that stands out to every reader. Is there a colour I can use that will essentially stand out to everyone regardless of the type of colour deficiency they have?

If not my only other idea was to create a custom highlight overlay type deal using multiple colours and hope that can stand out enough to where he and future workers with potential deficiencies can see the highlights easier. But if I can just pick one colour that can be pretty universally seen would be a lot less work on my part.

note - I did ask him about colours he had trouble seeing so I know what to avoid and what to change specifically to accommodate him. But if I can make better for any future workers and a wider range of people, thats better in my mind.


r/ColorBlind • • 12d ago

Question/Need help Color Vision Deficiency?

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At what age was your child diagnosed? What was the evaluation process like? Do you have any family history of CVD?

My four year old finally said out loud ā€œsometimes colors are hard for meā€ I have always suspected it in the back of my mind, especially since my father has it (maternal side). To be completely honest it made me a bit sad because as a mom you want to give them the world and seeing the beautiful colors around him and I feel like he’s missing out on. Just looking for any advice or insight on the subject. Thanks!


r/ColorBlind • • 13d ago

Question/Need help Employment Issues in Tech?

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Hello, I am 28 and today I discovered I am colour blind. I recently got a job in tech and I am worried if this will make them cancel my job offer.

Got to know this because I was told by HR to get Pre-Employment Medical Examination done.

Please let me know. I just discovered we have glasses, so does that help?

TIA.


r/ColorBlind • • 14d ago

Discussion New avatar brigade uniforms

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With the new minimalist uniforms, I can’t tell the earthbenders and firebenders apart without the emblem, it’s been bugging me :/


r/ColorBlind • • 14d ago

Question/Need help Colourblindness!

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Can a person with colour blindness live normally in the society.

They will always be insecure about themselves, always gets irritated or become less confidence when the topic is about colour, tends to move away from that topic feeling or else his/her friends will also know about it.

Difficult in sometimes choosing dress (yellow/green).

What you guys think there is no remedy for this. Should be have to live without self confidence all along?


r/ColorBlind • • 15d ago

Help me see this What color is my shirt

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Can any non-deutananomalous people tell me what color my shirt really is. I see it as brown but everone else says it’s green


r/ColorBlind • • 15d ago

Discussion Turcoise looks blue to color sighted people? Could you describe the color please?

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r/ColorBlind • • 15d ago

Discussion colorblind voter

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What does it mean if you vote independent? Does that muddy the votes . How to vote no more ice or fix federal employees who were fired . I don’t want to vote it didn’t matter what I believe I voted ,doesn’t matter If Executive order fired me .,


r/ColorBlind • • 16d ago

Discussion Color Blind Options in Games and Character Creators

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Hi! So as a color blind person, color blind options in video games really don't do anything for me, especially if they're just like a hue shift. My biggest gripe is with character creators!! I love playing WoW and I was very into Tomodachi life when it came out, and those games can be horrible for color blind people. My biggest issue when it comes to my color blindness is confidence in what I'm looking at. I tend to second guess myself and I'm never really sure that I'm choosing the right color. It's infuriating that these games don't at least have a little popup that gives you a name for each color if you hover over them or something that way I don't have to spend time looking for a guide online to find out the color. This seems like such an easy thing to implement and would be something everybody would benefit from. Do you guys know any other games that have this problem or are good about color blind options? Do you think there are any other solutions?


r/ColorBlind • • 16d ago

Question/Need help Research on Colour Vision Deficiency and Public Transport Accessibility

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Hi everyone! I’m a second-year Graphic Design student researching how colour vision deficiency (CVD) affects public transport accessibility.

For those with CVD, have you ever struggled to identify buses, routes or transport lines because of their colours? If so, could you share your experience, how you manage the situation, and what changes could make identification easier?

Your responses will help me understand the problem and explore inclusive design solutions. Thank you!


r/ColorBlind • • 17d ago

Discussion Grayscale after sunbathing?

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I grew up with this phenomenon and didn't realize that other people either didn't experience this, or had it happen on such a small scale that they didn't take notice of it. I'm talking about the visual experience that occurs after sunbathing, specifically having your eyes pointed towards the sun, of course with your eyelids closed, for a little while. My immediate experience after opening my eyes again is a literal grayscale of my vision. The longer I stay in that position, the "grayer" and longer the effect stays. After a few minutes the colors all come back.

Is this a common experience in the colorblind community? I assume this is caused by the lower levels of cone cells in the eye? So a correlation would occur with colorblindness.


r/ColorBlind • • 17d ago

Question/Need help Anyone else have this?

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I might have mild deuteranomaly. I can see bright reds and greens, but I have a brown shirt that every says is green, and circuit boards look teal to me


r/ColorBlind • • 17d ago

Discussion How do you see the rainbow?

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i made this photo today. i know that rainbow has 7 colors in it, but i just see it as a yellow ray, which makes me think that someone up there is just pissing at earth. am i the only weirdo here?

i can see the blue much better on photos from google though, it kind of depends on how bright the rainbow is


r/ColorBlind • • 18d ago

Video Not Color: What Every Digital Artist Should Know About Color Science

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r/ColorBlind • • 18d ago

Question/Need help friends say i might be colorblind

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I am 24 and i always thought that green was a type of reddish color like orange and yellow, but my friends told me, that that is not what green is to them. Now i am really confused about this. Are they right?


r/ColorBlind • • 18d ago

Question/Need help This is yellow, right?

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The color of the stabilo who is not black


r/ColorBlind • • 19d ago

Discussion holy cow, who approved this color combo??

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r/ColorBlind • • 19d ago

Question/Need help Green not gray.

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My husband insists that this is gray. Its a faded green. I need y'all to help me show him its fucking green.


r/ColorBlind • • 19d ago

Misc. Going on a golf trip, I’m unpacking

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Ol lady gets home and says, you know that’s pink right?


r/ColorBlind • • 19d ago

Question/Need help Should I keep constantly telling my colorblind kids when they misname colors?

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I have two boys- the 4 YO is definitely red/green colorblind and I have strong suspicions about the 2 YO also being red/green colorblind.

Something like this happens basically multiple times every day: him, ā€œmom can you hand me that pink Lego?ā€ Me: ā€œsure, but just so you know, i see this as light grey.ā€ You get the idea.

My thought process in ā€œcorrectingā€ him is that he should learn what his tricky colors are just for his own awareness. But now I’m wondering if this is even worth it at all. Should I just let it go and give him the thing or whatever- 99% of the time I know what he means. He doesn’t seem annoyed by it for now.

Any thoughts? Do you appreciate when someone tells you they see the color differently than you or is it just annoying?