Colour Blindness

OutlawPete · 12-04-2010 04:55PM #1

The Dyslexia threads lately have thrown up a few users that I was surprised to find to be Dyslexic and got me wondering how many people are colour blind as I rarely meet people who are.

I am Red Green Colourblind.

It has restricted me bigtime in life as so many things I was interested in studying, I had to pass on. Photography, Guards, Graphic Design, Pilot (don't laugh, I could have been one

).

When I was growing up, Snooker was always the thing that I was slagged mostly about.

Green, Reds and Brown always looked the same.

If they were extreme shades I could make them out, like Brown Sauce, Red Fire Engine and Green Grass are easy but once the shades change from the obvious, the colours just merge and you can't see any difference.

Blues and Pink can also look the exact same.

So, anyone else Colour Blind?

Here's a test if you've had doubts.

I can vouch for this test 100%, as I can see only three of the numbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWyrp3hu4KE

Kiera · 12-04-2010 04:57PM

There are different forms of colour blindness? I know one of the girls in here in work cant tell the difference between navy and black but I didn’t know there were "red/green" types. That’s just mad. Ted!

seamus · 12-04-2010 04:59PM

I can confirm that the above video isn't a shock-scare one or a rickroll

I remember doing these in primary school, we all queued up, went into the staff room and were given an injection, a sugar cube and were asked to look at some of these tests and call out the number we saw. I had no idea what that test about, I didn't even know at the time that there was anything to it. I've no colour blindness thankfully.

karma_ · 12-04-2010 05:00PM

Kiera wrote: »

There are different forms of colour blindness? I know one of the girls in here in work cant tell the difference between navy and black but I didn’t know there were "red/green" types. That’s just mad. Ted!

I think the Red/Green thing is colourblindness

Deep Navy & Black wouldn't really be teh same.

orourkeda · 12-04-2010 05:00PM

OutlawPete wrote: »

The Dyslexia threads lately have thrown up a few users that I was surprised to find to be Dyslexic and got me wondering how many people are colour blind as I rarely meet people who are.

I am Red Green Colourblind.

It has restricted me bigtime in life as so many things I was interested in studying, I had to pass on. Photography, Guards, Graphic Design, Pilot (don't laugh, I could have been one ).

When I was growing up, Snooker was always the thing that I was slagged mostly about.

Green, Reds and Brown always looked the same.

If they were extreme shades I could make them out, like Brown Sauce, Red Fire Engine and Green Grass are easy but once the shades change from the obvious, the colours just merge and you can't see any difference.

Blues and Pink can also look the exact same.

So, anyone else Colour Blind?

Here's a test if you've had doubts.

I can vouch for this test 100%, as I can see only three of the numbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWyrp3hu4KE

How did you manage with skittles and m & m's

OutlawPete · 12-04-2010 05:00PM

No

Kiera wrote: »

There are different forms of colour blindness? I know one of the girls in here in work cant tell the difference between navy and black but I didn’t know there were "red/green" types. That’s just mad. Ted!

Yup.

Navy and Black for me too.

I actually bought one of those 'Black' Army woolens Rockers use to wear.

Wore it out, thinking I was the biscuit and my mates tore into about it being Navy

OutlawPete · 12-04-2010 05:01PM

No

orourkeda wrote: »

How did you manage with skittles and m & m's

It doesn't effect our tastebuds

Kasabian · 12-04-2010 05:03PM

I got a full house , where do I collect my winnings.

Wazdakka · 12-04-2010 05:04PM

Pffft.. Hell no.

If I was colourblind I wouldn't be perfect in every way.

And I am.

NothingMan · 12-04-2010 05:04PM

No

I feel your pain Pete. Never knew I was until I saw one of those tests (I assume it's the same, youtube is blocked in work). Everyone's saying that there are numbers as clear as day in the patterns and i'm going mental thinking they're winding me up. Not sure what type of colour blind I am. I can see that there are different colour dots in the patterns if I concentrate but they don't make any particular shape that I can see. Quite scary really.

Then again, who's to say if what I know as green is even remotely what you see as green! How could you ever know?

bazmaiden · 12-04-2010 05:05PM

so the rubicks cube was a no no

Dravokivich · 12-04-2010 05:07PM

OutlawPete wrote: »

It doesn't effect our tastebuds

ah, but did you notice the lack of a blue smartie for a while?

Kiith · 12-04-2010 05:07PM

Kiera wrote: »

I know one of the girls in here in work cant tell the difference between navy and black.

Thats a genetic deficiency in men.

ball · 12-04-2010 05:08PM

My dad's colour blind, but I'm not.

Apparently, it's passed down through females, but it's more common for males to be affected by it.

Sam Vimes · 12-04-2010 05:08PM

No

I'm colourblind. Makes it very difficult to be racist but I just ask someone if they're black and then start hating them if they say yes.

Cuddlesworth · 12-04-2010 05:09PM

NothingMan wrote: »

Then again, who's to say if what I know as green is even remotely what you see as green! How could you ever know?

Because I can differentiate it between red and brown.

Naos · 12-04-2010 05:09PM

That last test, the 2 or 5 - I couldn't see either! :eek:

Sam Vimes · 12-04-2010 05:10PM

No

I'm told this is the best test for colorblindness. I fail it

Nemanja91 · 12-04-2010 05:11PM

No

Found out when I was in 6th class, mainly red/green and brown, hasn't affected me much except the fact that the only job I wanted was to be a soldier so I couldn't pursue that career. Very few times when I get mixed up with colours though, the last of which i was playing pool and i thought that a yellow ball was the white and I hit it, but that could have been more stupidity on my part. A very annoying thing though is when people find out you are colourblind and they ask you " What colour is this?"

stovelid · 12-04-2010 05:11PM

I know this sounds dumb, but if to fail a particular test, does it mean you just cannot see the number at all? Apart from the last one, obviously.

What if you can almost see, for example, confusing 8 for 3 or whatever?

Does that just mean that the blindness is on a spectrum, for example, nearly OK right up to fully blind, if you get me?

Sorry if this sounds thick.

Board-in-work · 12-04-2010 05:12PM

No

You can still qualify as a pilot if your are colourblind. There are a couple of different tests other than the dotted pictures with numbers in.

I've been labelled colourblind since school.

I just downloaded the colourblind tests from the internet - there are only about 12 or so of the plates. I memorised them by shape - ie what shape I saw in them - and its not a problem now.

I qualified as a glider pilot many years ago - and I work as an electrical design engineer. I'm not saying my designs win any colour awards - but who cares.... !

DazMarz · 12-04-2010 05:12PM

Nope, thankfully not colour blind. Cos my work as a poker dealer would be cut short if I was!!!

€5 chips are red
€25 chips are green

Make a mistake with them, and it could be very, very costly!!!!!!

NothingMan · 12-04-2010 05:14PM

No

stovelid wrote: »

I know this sounds dumb, but if to fail a particular test, does it mean you just cannot see the number at all?

What if you can almost see, for example, confusing 8 for 3 or whatever?

Does that just mean that the blindness is on a spectrum, for example, nearly OK right up to fully blind, if you get me?

Sorry if this sounds thick.

I know what you mean. I can see that there are different colours on the picture they just don't make out any pattern to me. Do some people not even see the colours?

Sam Vimes · 12-04-2010 05:17PM

No

NothingMan wrote: »

I know what you mean. I can see that there are different colours on the picture they just don't make out any pattern to me. Do some people not even see the colours?

I doubt it. I'm the same as you, there are a load of different colour dots but no pattern. I think there are some who can only see black and white but they're very rare.

rainbowdrop · 12-04-2010 05:17PM

Remember a few years back watching two friends of mine (brothers) who were fixing a motorbike, and because they are both colour blind, they nearly came to blows arguing about what colours the wires in the electrics were. I had to tell them what colour each wire was so they could they could wire it up correctly, so they didn't wire it wrong and fcuk up the bike...... Think they should have left it to the experts:D

Is it true that you can't be an electrician if your colour blind?

NothingMan · 12-04-2010 05:17PM

No

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Because I can differentiate it between red and brown.

But who is to say what I know as red is what you know as red. Maybe we see the world completely differently. When I see a red ball know it as red because that's what I know that colour to be but maybe in your eyes you see something i'd call green but you know it as red because it's always been red to you.

seamus · 12-04-2010 05:18PM

stovelid wrote: »

I know this sounds dumb, but if to fail a particular test, does it mean you just cannot see the number at all? Apart from the last one, obviously.

What if you can almost see, for example, confusing 8 for 3 or whatever?

Does that just mean that the blindness is on a spectrum, for example, nearly OK right up to fully blind, if you get me?

Sorry if this sounds thick.

No, I'd be fairly confident that there's a scale of colourblindness. Even Pete notes that he's OK when the colours are strong, but it's harder with shades.

The tests in the video are designed to be difficult - if the numbers had a stark contrast to the background, then people with only a mild colourblindness would still be able to see them.

There is one test in there, where it would be easy to confuse the 3 with an 8, but if you look a little closer, you can clearly see the 3. A colourblind person would have difficulty distinguishing any kind of shape from the background.

OutlawPete · 12-04-2010 05:18PM

No

stovelid wrote: »

I know this sounds dumb, but if to fail a particular test, does it mean you just cannot see the number at all? Apart from the last one, obviously.

What if you can almost see, for example, confusing 8 for 3 or whatever?

Does that just mean that the blindness is on a spectrum, for example, nearly OK right up to fully blind, if you get me?

Sorry if this sounds thick.

No, not stupid at all.

I can just barely make out the 29 for instance if I try really hard.

My brother is Colour Blind also and he cannot see somethings in tests that I can.

There are definitely different levels of it, that's for sure.

Naos · 12-04-2010 05:21PM

NothingMan wrote: »

But who is to say what I know as red is what you know as red. Maybe we see the world completely differently. When I see a red ball know it as red because that's what I know that colour to be but maybe in your eyes you see something i'd call green but you know it as red because it's always been red to you.

I've had that thought before and forgot it. It's brilliant.

Grass is green, but I could see the grass as red yet call it green as that's what I call it. F*cked up. We'll never know!

OutlawPete · 12-04-2010 05:27PM

No

DazMarz wrote: »

Nope, thankfully not colour blind. Cos my work as a poker dealer would be cut short if I was!!!

€5 chips are red
€25 chips are green

I don't know about Sam, Nothingman and others but I have no problem with differentiating between those shades.

If someone puts a handful of grass against the side of a Fire Engine, I can tell the difference.

Then I could go playing snooker and can't find the green amongst the reds.

It's all about the shades for me at least.

Sam Vimes · 12-04-2010 05:27PM

No

Naos wrote: »

I've had that thought before and forgot it. It's brilliant.

Grass is green, but I could see the grass as red yet call it green as that's what I call it. F*cked up. We'll never know!

I always thought it'd be funny to teach your child all the wrong names for colours so everyone will think he's colour blind.

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