color blindness

NOUN

inability to distinguish one or more colors

Synonyms

WEAK

achromatic vision achromatopsia color vision deficiency daltonism dichromatic vision

Example Sentences

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Measuring the scale of racism and racial inequality in France is complicated by its official policy of color blindness, with strict limits on data that can be collected.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2023

You can see him thinking through color choices, maybe even dealing with color blindness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

“It also supports multiple forms of color blindness, and the filters can be adjusted to your preference without impacting performance, screenshots, or game clips.”

From The Verge • Oct. 19, 2021

Indian elephant: Dissections of elephant eyes show that during the day, the gentle giants likely have red-green color blindness just like some humans, meaning they can’t distinguish the two colors.

From Scientific American • May 19, 2021

No one had ever tested us for hernia or color blindness.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles