Color Blindness

COLOR BLINDNESS
Color Blindness
 Also known as color vision deficiency, Daltonism,and Poor color vision.

 The name Color Blindness was chosen because people with this
condition can’t distinguish certain shades of color making them “blind”
to color (Evancie, 2015) .
 This name is actually misleading because very few people are actually
colorblind. This is why color vision deficiency describes it better.
 In 1794 at the Department of Molecular Genetics, University of London
John Dalton described his own Color Blindness. Both John Dalton and his
brother confused red with green and pink with blue. Dalton supposed
that his vitreous humor was blue but they were perfectly clear. Dalton
was a deuteranope and lacked the middle wave photopigment of the
retina (Hunt, et al., 2014).
Type of genetic disorder
 Color Blindness is the inability to distinguish the difference

between some colors. It is the result of an absence of color
sensitive pigment in the cone cells of the retina (Lusby, 2006).
 Color Blindness is passed down on the X chromosome.
Chromosomes contain genes which have the instructions for the
development of cells tissues, and organs. If you are colorblind it
means the instructions for the development of your cone cells are
faulty. This means they can be missing, less sensitive to light, or
the pathway from your cone cells to your brain may not be
developed
Symptoms of Color Blindness
 The person may not be able to differentiate red and green colors,
or the blue and yellow colors
 Sometimes, in less severe cases, the person is simply not able to see
or distinguish the shades of any color (Hunt, et al., 2014)
 People who suffer from total color blindness may not be able to see
any colors except for black, white and gray
 Not being able to see the brightness of colors is also an important
color blindness symptom
Types of Color Blindness
 There are 3 types of color blindness (Pruthi, 2016):
 Protanomaly is reduced sensitivity to red light
 People with Protanomaly confuse: black with red, dark brown with dark green,
dark orange with dark red, blues with reds, purple with dark pinks, mid-green with
oranges.
 Deuteranomaly is reduced sensitivity to green light and is the most common.
 People who have Deuteranomaly confuse: mid-red with mid-green, blue-green with
gray, pale pinks with dark grey, mid-reds with mid-green, and light-blue with lilac
 Tritanomaly is reduced sensitivity to blue light which is the rarest form.
 People who have tritanomaly confuse: blue with grey, purple with black, green
with blue, and orange with red.
Effects of the Disorder
 People will not be able to see some colors

 Other colors will appear a different color
 People cannot tell the difference between some
foods/sauces/ingredients (Colblindor, 2007)
 Harder to drive
 Extremely hard for primary students because of the color teachings
 Color blind people can see colors, but some colors fade into black
and white or different colors
 If you have a 36 pack of colored pencils you could only see 12 of
them
Color Blind Treatments
 Most common test is the Ishihara Plate Test (Evancie, 2015)
 More sophisticated tests like the Lantern Test see if colorblind people
can still apply for certain jobs where you need to accurately be able
to identify colors (ex: train drivers, marine, or aviation jobs).
 No current medical treatment has been created to cure the disorder
or symptoms of the disorder
 Some color filters and contact lenses, however, have been created to
give people with the disorder normal vision
 These lenses and filters also have side effects, like further confusion
 No treatments have been used in any time period
 Gene therapy is a possibility that scientists are currently looking
forward to in the future
Works Cited
– Evancie, Angela. "For One Artist, Colorblindness Opened Up A World Of Black
And White." Npr. Vermont Public Radio, 14 Nov. 2014. Web. 5 Apr. 2016.
– Lusby, Franklin W., MD Ophthalmologist. "Color Blindness." Medline Plus.
Lusby Vision Institute, 5 Nov. 2015. Web. 23 February 2018.
– Hunt, DM, Dulai, KS, Bowmaker, JK, and Mollon, JD. "The Chemistry of John
Dalton's Color Blindness." The Chemistry of John Dalton's Color Blindness. -
PubMed - NCBI. Department of Molecular Genetics, University of London, UK,
17 Feb. 2014. Web. 23 February 2018.
– Pruthi, Sandhya, MD. "Poor Color Vision." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic, 13 Feb.
2014. Web. 23 February 2018.
– Colblindor. “Terminology of Color Blindness.” Colblindor. WordPress, 9 Feb.
2007. Web. 23 February 2018.

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COLOR BLINDNESS

 Also known as color vision deficiency, Daltonism,and Poor color vision.

 Color Blindness is the inability to distinguish the difference

 People will not be able to see some colors

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