How do you not know you're colorblind?

Question

With all the colors in the world, how can some people go through life not realizing they are colorblind? What do they see? Is everything just grey?

Answer 1

I love this question! I have often thought along the same lines. What if we all see colors differently? What if I have learned all my life that red is red, but when you see the same color, it looks different. What if my red is really your blue?

If your frame of reference is different, how would I ever know. WILD thought!

Answer 2

Is everything just grey? : Usually not. Only if you suffer a complete color blindness (monochromacy) then yes. Most often people have some mild sort of red-green color blindness.

What do they see? : Almost the same, but just a bit less colorful. Some shades of colors can't be distinguished from others. But many colors can be seen very well.

How can you not realize it? : If you are suffering a mild form of color blindness (anomalous trichromacy), you don't have to have problems with colors. Just maybe sometimes. But how should you know, it is some sort of color blindness?

If you like to find out more about your color vision, take some of the online color blindness tests.

Answer 3

it has to do with the perception of the person. The only reason people see red as red is because that is what they were taught. Example, why do you call a tree a tree and not a car, because you were taught that those two things were very different, and each belong in a separate category. I guess you can even say they are laws of perception, you cant change something that has already been made solid, like the names of objects.
Usually if you are color blind, you challenge the majorities "opinion" on what colour things are.

Answer 4

I noticed one of the other people who answered this question mentioned that only men are color-blind. I always thought this was the case, too. But, at my last eye examination, they told me that I'm mildly blue-green color-blind. I see both blue and green, but I do admit that sometimes I look at a color and can't tell whether it's blue or green (usually something in a teal and/or turquoise color range). I just assumed that it was a matter of opinion if a color was more blue or more green - but maybe it's just me! No one has ever told me I looked like a clown, so I guess I've been matching things okay!

Answer 5

They do see colors, but their choices are limited. Most shades appear very subdued rather than true and bright. For example, there are two basic types of color blindness. One type is the red-green color blindness, where reds and greens appear brown. My husband is color blind, and hates salads. Why? Because who wants to eat light brown lettuce? Ugh! Then there's the blue-yellow color blindness, where the yellows and blues appear non-descript brown. Just to ease your mind, in case you're female and think you may be color blind, this phenomenon only occurs in males, and is carried by a gene in the parent, usually the mother, and is passed to the male offspring. Most people do realize they're color blind, just by associating with other people. My husband will often point out something he thinks is brown, when it is actually bright red. ( I never fail to correct him:)

Traffic lights can be a problem, but he has learned to identify them by their position, and the traffic flow, rather than their red-green colors. For example, when the traffic slows down, he knows a red light is near, and when it starts up again, that's the green light. After so many years of driving, it becomes second nature.

Answer 6

Take the "dot test"

It is a series of pages covered in dots of different colors, this will determine your degree, if any of colorblindness.

I lack red/green so I only see the pattern in about 20% of the pages.
Your are taught that what YOU see is a color and that color has a name, even though you see it incorrectly .

Totally color blind people usually realize it early on when they notice other people talking about beautiful colors, and they see only shades of grey, nothing special.

Answer 7

Well get your friend and have him/her and see if they see the same colors they do

Answer 8

its black and white like how a dog sees.

ps did u ask how do u know if ur color blind well if u did then i guess when u cant see any color.