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    Color blindness is a genetic condition where one has difficulty distinguishing some colors like reds and greens. It is caused by genes on the X chromosome, so it affects more men than women. While there is no cure, color filters can sometimes help enhance color differences in specific situations like the workplace.

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    Color Blindness

    Perla Luna

    What is Color Blindness?


    Color blindness, orcolor visiondeficiency, is the inability or decreased ability
    to seecolor, or perceive color differences, under normal lighting conditions.
    Color blindness is a genetic (hereditary) condition (you are born with it).
    Red/green and blue color blindness is usually passed down from your parents.
    1. People with deuteranomaly and protanomaly are collectively known asredgreen colour blindand they generally have difficulty distinguishing between
    reds, greens, browns and oranges.
    2. People affected by tritancolor blindnessconfusebluewith green
    andyellowwith violet.

    Symptoms of Color Blindness


    Common symptoms of color blindness include:
    Difficulty distinguishing between colors.
    Inability to see shades or tones of the same color.
    Rapid eye movement (in rare cases)

    How is it inherited?
    The gene which is responsible for the condition is
    carried on the X chromosome and this is the reason why
    many more men are affected than women.
    Mother

    Father

    Color Blindness
    gene
    (recessive)
    Regular

    Regular (carrier)

    Regular

    Regular (carrier)

    Regular color
    sight
    (dominant)

    Treatment
    There is currently no treatment for inherited color blindness.
    Color filters or contact lenses can be used in some situations to
    enhance the brightness between some colors and these are
    occasionally used in the workplace, but many color blind people
    find these actually confuse them further rather than help.

    Sources
    http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness
    http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/tc/color-blindness-topicoverview
    http://www.colour-blindness.com

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