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According to Wikipedia there are an estimated 10.5 million American men who are red green color blind. I am one of them. I discovered this many years ago and rarely think about it as to me it is normal. However, I have discovered that those around me are endlessly fascinated with it—especially designers. So, to you I provide this public service message on color blindness.

First a little bit of myth busting. Red and green do not appear gray to me, perhaps less bright then you are used to but not gray. Second, color blindness does not give me superpowers. I cannot magically see through red and green objects and describe what is behind them. (It would be nice at times though (-: .)


thoughts?

Quote from: redhttp://critiquewall.com/2007/12/10/blindness

According to Wikipedia there are an estimated 10.5 million American men who are red green color blind. I am one of them. I discovered this many years ago and rarely think about it as to me it is normal. However, I have discovered that those around me are endlessly fascinated with it—especially designers. So, to you I provide this public service message on color blindness.

First a little bit of myth busting. Red and green do not appear gray to me, perhaps less bright then you are used to but not gray. Second, color blindness does not give me superpowers. I cannot magically see through red and green objects and describe what is behind them. (It would be nice at times though (-: .)


thoughts?

I think its a real shame you dont have superpowers

me, why? im not colour blind lol.

im red green colour blind.

From a distance dark Green sometimes appear a brown/dark red & vice versa

Quote from: redme, why? im not colour blind lol.

Ahh didnt realise it was a cut/paste - thought that was you writing!



....its still a shame you dont though isnt it?  :D

Quote from: Rivkid

Quote from: redme, why? im not colour blind lol.

Ahh didnt realise it was a cut/paste - thought that was you writing!

Would have been easier if he had used quote tags cause thats the way I read it at first, then I realised he would have to be an American :banghead:

So any contributions or intelligent discussions?

Quote from: redSo any contributions or intelligent discussions?

probably not.. especially from you  :lol:

Not sure where the discussion would be tbh.

* Lots of people (mainly men are colour blind).
* Red green is the most common.
* Designers do put far too much attention to the problem (remeber studying this nonsense in interaction design and seemed a bit of a way of justifying doing the course which was otherwise pretty pointless/obvious)
* He does not have super powers

Not sure what else there is to debate - he pretty much has it covered in your first post..  Its like saying hot is warmer than cold then asking for a debate on the topic.

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Quote from: redSo any contributions or intelligent discussions?

probably not.. especially from you  :lol:

hoho, I see santa has got you cracking terrible jokes, a word of warning however.


serious may look pathetic and old, but he is terribly defensive when people steal his brand of particular sh*ttyness.

I thought people had an opinion on this topic as i thought it was particularly interesting.

Quote from: red

Quote from: Eggtastico

Quote from: redSo any contributions or intelligent discussions?

probably not.. especially from you  :lol:

hoho, I see santa has got you cracking terrible jokes, a word of warning however.


serious may look pathetic and old, but he is terribly defensive when people steal his brand of particular sh*ttyness.

I thought people had an opinion on this topic as i thought it was particularly interesting.

So you finally managed to get onto google and typed something in to find that?

Quote from: red

Quote from: Eggtastico

Quote from: redSo any contributions or intelligent discussions?

probably not.. especially from you  :lol:

hoho, I see santa has got you cracking terrible jokes, a word of warning however.


serious may look pathetic and old, but he is terribly defensive when people steal his brand of particular sh*ttyness.

I thought people had an opinion on this topic as i thought it was particularly interesting.

Well.. if your colourblind & read the article, it is all bullsh*t.
just cos your red / green colour blind doesnt mean you cant actually see the colours... (well for 99.5% of people) you just have problems diffirentiating (sp) shades of greens & reds.

Look here
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html

I can only see the top left as 25 & the middle right that looks like 56


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What Number do you see here?[/size]


I see the number 2

Quote from: EggtasticoWell.. if your colourblind & read the article, it is all bullsh*t.
just cos your red / green colour blind doesnt mean you cant actually see the colours... (well for 99.5% of people) you just have problems diffirentiating (sp) shades of greens & reds.

Look here
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html

I can only see the top left as 25 & the middle right that looks like 56


[size=18]
What Number do you see here?[/size]
(Image removed from quote.)

I see the number 2

I see the number 5, how is this article bullsh*t? is it just the photoreceptors which split red and green are prehaps confused?

and where did

Quote99.5% of people

come from?

Quote from: Serious

Quote from: red

Quote from: Eggtastico

Quote from: redSo any contributions or intelligent discussions?

probably not.. especially from you  :lol:

hoho, I see santa has got you cracking terrible jokes, a word of warning however.


serious may look pathetic and old, but he is terribly defensive when people steal his brand of particular sh*ttyness.

I thought people had an opinion on this topic as i thought it was particularly interesting.

So you finally managed to get onto google and typed something in to find that?

No it was getting to many hits from the north of england for me to get on there today, strange that.

Quote from: red

Quote from: EggtasticoWell.. if your colourblind & read the article, it is all bullsh*t.
just cos your red / green colour blind doesnt mean you cant actually see the colours... (well for 99.5% of people) you just have problems diffirentiating (sp) shades of greens & reds.

Look here
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html

I can only see the top left as 25 & the middle right that looks like 56


[size=18]
What Number do you see here?[/size]
(Image removed from quote.)

I see the number 2

I see the number 5, how is this article bullsh*t? is it just the photoreceptors which split red and green are prehaps confused?

and where did

Quote99.5% of people

come from?

go do some research. its like 0.05% of people cant see any red or green.
I can see reds, I can see greens, yet I fail red/green colour tests everytime.

its about 8% colour blindness in the caucasian population according to wiki, but im not about to split hairs about numbers.

you didnt answer my question.

To the colour blind people of the world I say:

Unlucky. Better luck next incarnation.

So in your next incantation would you prefer to be a poo rolling beetle or a girls bicycle seat?

Quote from: redits about 8% colour blindness in the caucasian population according to wiki, but im not about to split hairs about numbers.

you didnt answer my question.

& 99.99 of people have hair.
Doesnt dont say what % have what colour hair.

I was pointing out that only .005% of people cant see any reds.

soo out of 1,000,000 people 80,000 are colour blind. Out of that 80,000 only a handfull of people are totally red colourblind, or totally green colourblind o both!!!

so what does that have any point to the original post?

Quote from: redso what does that have any point to the original post?

maybegorereadyourposts

Hmm.... well, instead of colour blindness, I get the strange effect of one eye seeing colour one way and the other another.

One eye seems more saturated in the reds and a few other colours than the other, along with a slight shift in colour.

My Dad is Red/Green colour blind and there are some quite odd things about it.

1. Its almost exclusively male. Except in rare scenarios.

2. Its exclusivley hereditary although through the maternal line. I.E. My Dad is colour blind but neither me or my brothers are. However my sisters 2 youngest sons are both colour blind. (It also seems to skip the first son of any woman who is a maternal link)

3. If a Colour blind man and a woman whos father was colour blind have children then all of their children can be colour blind.

My Grandfather owned a woolen mill and his head of stores was completely colour blind (much more rare) however he was the best person to judge shades of similar colours as he had the best shade perception of anyone. He also kept the best logs so he wouldnt be confused.

Oh, but the best thing about having a colour blind dad is playing him at snooker and taking 4 points everytime he pots the brown instead of a red.  :twisted:

Quote from: redSo in your next incantation would you prefer to be a poo rolling beetle or a girls bicycle seat?

girls bicycle seat every time!