if ur colorblind do u see things in black and white?

Question

if not what do u see?

Answer 1

There are different types of color blindness. One type is Monochromacy, and people who suffer this do, indeed see in black and white. Other types of color blindness include the inability to see red and green clearly...or blue and yellow clearly. Check out this website for a more detailed answer:

Answer 2

um, i think its not exactly true, there are several degrees of colorblindness and some can see some colors, like two or three, but like you said, others only see it in black and white

Answer 3

Not necessarily.

Color blindness is typically the inability to distinguish certain colors, not the inability to SEE colors.

Most people who are color blind cannot tell the difference between green and blue, or blue and black.

They still see colors, like yellow, red, orange, pink, etc. But, they cannot see ALL colors, and this complicates their lives greatly.

Answer 4

Some have trouble distinguishing red from green. If the rods (black and white) work and the cones (color vision) don't, it will be like a black and white tv or movie.

Answer 5

That is a valid case of color blindness, but it's not the only one. The most common color-blindness is one where you can't tell between red and green, especially when they are close together. A less common one is where you can't tell between blue and yellow.

Answer 6

Not at all, it just depends on how your eyes interpret color. Like for example, some people may think the color green, dark green may look black, or Navy Blue may look black. It just depends on what their eyes interpret for different colors. I think color blindedness is mostly getting darker colors mixed up, but some brighter ones may be green for yellow and yellow for green.

Answer 7

Colour blindness is typically a genetic condition, and it is much more common in men than in women. Approximately one in 12 men has at least some colour perception problems. Less common, acquired deficiencies stem from injury, disease, or the aging process. Also, although not called "colour blindness," when people age, their corneas typically turn yellowish, severely hampering their ability to see violet and blue colours. Many people think anyone labeled as "colourblind" only sees black and white -- like watching a black and white movie or television. This is a big misconception and not true. It is extremely rare to be totally colour blind (monochromasy - complete absence of any colour sensation). There are many different types and degrees of colourblindness - more correctly called colour deficiencies. People with normal cones and light sensitive pigment (trichromasy) are able to see all the different colours and subtle mixtures of them by using cones sensitive to one of three wavelength of light - red, green, and blue. A mild colour deficiency is present when one or more of the three cones light sensitive pigments are not quite right and their peak sensitivity is shifted (anomalous trichromasy - includes protanomaly and deuteranomaly). There are several different kinds and degrees of colour vision deficiencies. Protanomalous or deuteranomalous individuals can usually pass as a normal observer in everyday activities. They may make occasional errors in colour names, or may encounter difficulties in discriminating small differences in colours, but usually they do not perform very differently from the normal except on colour vision tests. The protanope and deuteranope, on the other hand, can be severely colour deficient. The real problem, as a protanope or deuteranope may see it, is there are far too many hue names (colour names) used by most people without any obvious basis for using one instead of another. In most colourblindness, the person has a different mixture of cones from normal. The cone cells on the retina are the crucial physical components in seeing colour. People with normal colour perception have three different cones, each cone is tuned to perceive mostly either Long wavelengths (reddish), Middle wavelengths (greenish), or Short wavelengths (bluish), referred to as L-, M-, and S- cones. Our minds determine what "colour" we are seeing by determining the ratio between signals from different types of cones. In people with colourblindness, either a type of cone is missing, or the cone has a different peak absorption from normal. Congenital colour vision deficiencies overwhelmingly affect the L-cones or the M-cones. Full colour blindness and insensitivity to blue light are relatively rare. L-cone and M-cone deficiencies are collectively known as red-green colourblindness, because they reduce the ability to distinguish those two colours. Yellow-blue colourblindness stems from the much rarer deficiencies involving the S-cones. Colourblindness is primarily a congenital defect. However, colourblindness can also be acquired, as a result of disease or accident. In this case, the colour vision deficiency is caused by disruption to the neural pathways between the eye and the vision centers of the brain, rather than by loss of cone function in the eye. For example, achromatopsia, the loss of all colour vision, can be acquired as a result of brain damage, and Parkinson's disease commonly induces symptoms that are similar to tritanopia.
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Answer 8

More men are color blind than women. I worked at a paint stroe in College and most men could never pick a color. The off whites are the worst for people that are color blind.

I wonder if they dream in color?

Answer 9

something like 30% of men are colour blind to some degree... in women it is much less.

the most common form of colour blindness is not seeing the difference between reds and greens.

it is fairly rare to see everything in shades of grey but is possible...

Answer 10

That would define "color-blind". Some people are only red/green color blind and see other colors. True color blind people see a black-gray-white world. It's gotta sorta suck!