color blindness

Meanings

• noun

  The inability to distinguish between certain colors or perceive color in its entirety.

  - "John has trouble distinguishing between red and green due to his color blindness."
  - "Color blindness affects approximately 8% of men and 0.5% of women."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with color blindness
blindness , kindness , mindness

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Variants

List of all variants of color blindness that leads to same result
color blindness , color blindnesses , color-blindness , color-blindnesses , colorblindness , colorblindnesses , red-green blindness , red-green blindnesses , red-green color blindness

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Etymology

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Color blindness is a term used to describe various types of impairment in distinguishing color. The term comes from the inability to perceive colors normally.

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Trivia

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1. Color blindness is not a complete inability to see color, but rather a reduced ability to distinguish between certain colors.

2. Color blindness affects approximately 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women.

3. There are several types of color blindness, including red-green, blue-yellow, and tritanopia.

4. Color blindness is more common in men than women due to the X-linked inheritance pattern.

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Related Concepts

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1. Red-Green Color Blindness: A common type of color blindness that affects the ability to distinguish between red and green colors.

2. Blue-Yellow Color Blindness: A less common type of color blindness that affects the ability to distinguish between blue and yellow colors.

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Culture

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Color blindness has been a topic of interest in literature, art, and science. In literature, there are several novels that explore the experiences of individuals with color blindness. In art, there are artists who create works to represent the world as seen through color-blind eyes. In science, researchers continue to study the causes and effects of color blindness.

How to Memorize "color blindness"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine wearing glasses that only allow you to see the world in shades of gray.
   - Visualize a color wheel and imagine not being able to distinguish between certain colors.

2. associate
   

   - Associate red with the number 7 and green with the number 5.
   - Associate red with stop signs and green with go signs.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym ROYGBIV to remember the order of the rainbow colors.
   - Use the phrase 'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain' to remember the order of the colors in reverse.

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