Is your SO color blind?

[Awkward]

If so, what type and how do they cope with it? How did they figure out they were color blind?

I recently found out that SO has a rare form of color blindess where he has a hard time differentiating green from blue. It's very mild, but it had me thinking about how common color blindness is. My maternal grandfather also had a form of it.

Why yes, I am just killing time today.

[Deleted]

A friend from college has cone monochromacy (complete colorblindness). The only thing he really had issues with was the scenic painting class we had to take. But I think the teacher let him pick a grey scale project for the final.

[ssmjlm]

He has trouble with dark color differentiation, like browns, navy, dark greens. It's not too bad he's good about putting things away by color, like brown socks on this side of the drawer, his shirts are in rainbow order hanging in the closet, etc.

Sometimes he has to ask me just to make sure, but his isn't too severe.

[Deleted]

I think my H is color blind but he hasn't been diagnosed or anything. He can tell reds and blues, black and white. He cannot differentiate between like gray/green/shades of blue or purple, etc. I don't think it affects his day to day life or anything. No one else probably realizes.

[winemaker06]

My husband was diagnosed before Kindergarten I believe. He and his brother are both colorblind, but in slightly different ways.
I think they are both 'red/green colorblind' but that doesn't mean those are the only colors that get mixed up.
And I do know a few other people with it, so it is surprisingly common.

[hamster]

No, but my editor is color blind. We've put him through some tests to find out more information (that you internet) on the slow days, so we can fully understand how he sees the world.

[caligirl]

Yeah, my DH is colorblind. He has the green/ red & blue/ purple. His grandfather is also color blind (and my grandfather! haha).

I think they found out when he was in kindergarten.

It really isn't something that needs to be coped with, per say. He has to double check that things match. The only other way it affects him is that he had to change career paths when he was younger. He wanted to be a fire fighter/ paramedic, but the color blindness held him back.

I once knew a makeup artist that was colorblind! He is a great artist too!

[fuddyduddy]

I can't offer any helpful insight, but if you want to kill more time, watch this fascinating video. It shows how culture can greatly influence how people see colors.

[bunnysmom]

Yes, my DH is colorblind. He has problems with several colors, but it's not a difficulty in everyday life. I go clothes shopping with him so he doesn't end up with something ugly and that's all.

He was diagnosed in kindergarten when his parents and teacher noticed that his drawings and paintings were a little, ehem, strange, ha ha!

[ckinla]

A friend of mine is red green colorblind. It's terrifying to drive with him. Really scary. Anyway… he's an artist, so he just has his wife help him with telling colors apart if he needs.

[bunnysmom]

Oct 17, 2012 14:39:20 GMT -5 Awkward said:

If so, what type and how do they cope with it? How did they figure out they were color blind?

I recently found out that SO has a rare form of color blindess where he has a hard time differentiating green from blue. It's very mild, but it had me thinking about how common color blindness is. My maternal grandfather also had a form of it.

Why yes, I am just killing time today.

oh, and BTW, a geneticist explained to me than women carry the colorblindness but men suffer it, that's why your grandpa had it and your mom and you don't. But, if you have a baby girl with your SO, your grandson might be colorblind.

[Deleted]

Yes, the red-green but it's not the most severe one.

He discovered it when he went for his vision test for getting into the state patrol. Ugh.

However, he no longer argues if a shirt is navy or purple with me. ;-)

My paternal grandpa was 100% red-green colorblind.

[definitelyO]

DH is not colorblind but like ssm's DH he has trouble with the dark colors and he ethought 3 shirts were the same color - they were royal blue, light blue and gray.....

[megalicious]

H is color blind. He found out in the army. He's a mathematician, so he looks at and makes graphs very frequently, so he'll have me (if he's home) or someone else (at work), double check to make sure things are the right colors. NBD. It's hilarious when he tries to teach DD her colors--he'll hand her a green crayon and insist that it's red or vice versa. DD will correct him now, which is even funnier!

[Deleted]

My brother is colorblind. He mixes up red/green and blue and purple.

[heygrey]

Nope. But I am :-)

I'm red green deficient, but only certain shades. It really only affects getting dressed and coordinating colors in decor and such. I just check with h that I'm not a clashing mess and were good to go. I'm not sure I see stop lights as distinctly as others, but I can always tell which light it glowing and red is always on top (or left, for the rare sideways light).

eta: i was diagnosed in high school after my mom and i had a huge disagreement over the color of a shirt. she mentioned it to my eye doctor and he asked me to read that little book with all the colored dots and numbers. i only made it to page 3 before i couldn't read any more numbers. the testing went on from there.

[carfar]

Yup,red green. He actually does have to find work around a since he does graphic work.

[hannamaren]

Oct 17, 2012 16:44:06 GMT -5 fuddyduddy said:

I can't offer any helpful insight, but if you want to kill more time, watch this fascinating video. It shows how culture can greatly influence how people see colors.

That video was fascinating.
The part about language and the Africans vs the Westerners. Crazy! Totally unpredictable.

[AAM2012]

Men are more likely to have color blindness. DH hasn't be diagnosed or anything but I know he has a hard time (although he argues otherwise) with reds, greens and maybe blues.

He'll say something is purple when it's red or blue when it's green.

[fuddyduddy]

Oct 17, 2012 19:38:12 GMT -5 hannamaren said:

That video was fascinating.
The part about language and the Africans vs the Westerners. Crazy! Totally unpredictable.

I'm glad you liked it! It's amazing to me how much culture and language influence something as basic as color perception.

[rex]

Yes. When certain colors are close together, he has trouble deciphering which is which. For example: If we were playing a game with blue & green pieces, he wouldn't be able to tell the difference. He also has red-green.

It doesn't really impact his daily life that much.

[elocrates]

Lurker chiming in. H has trouble with red (and brown)/ green, blue/ purple, and pastels. Since it runs in his family, his parents were on the look out for it and figured it out when he was about 2 years old.

Anything red/ green that is a darker shade he labels as brown. Anything in the same family that is a lighter shade he labels as green. Blue and purple are a perpetual problem. And any sort of light pastel he labels as white.

He keeps his casual pants neutral (jeans, khaki) so he can pretty much mix and match any shirt with them. Watching him match our kids' clothes has been comical at times since they have more variety. In daily life he just asks for a second opinion when something involves one of his problem colors.

[Deleted]

DH is red/green colorblind. It's pretty bad, but it doesn't bother him that much. He also can't tell the difference between any two dark colors or any two light colors. He lets me paint the walls whatever color I want though, which is fun.

Edit: I am not sure how he was diagnosed. I don't know if he was ever formally diagnosed--with his mom being full-on colorblind and not just a carrier, it was inevitable that DH and his 2 brothers would be colorblind as well.

[mccallister84]

My brother and uncle are. I don't remember how it was diagnosed with my brother, but he's red/green and can't differentiate the two. He says he sees them both as shades of grey.

My mother went at it with his first grade teacher when she returned an assignment for my brother to re-do with GREEN! written on it in large letters (it was one of those color the "at" words green or something). The color blindness was already documented at that point.

[macmars45]

My H is color blind. He has a hard time differentiating between purple & blue and brown & green.

H asks me or I'll tell him what color things are (like shirts/ties/game board pieces etc).

[isabel]

I had no idea how common this was. So interesting! I'm looking forward to watching that video, but I'll have to wait until I'm home since it's not loading on my phone.

[heygrey]

Oct 17, 2012 20:20:53 GMT -5 @carmensandiego said:

Edit: I am not sure how he was diagnosed. I don't know if he was ever formally diagnosed--with his mom being full-on colorblind and not just a carrier, it was inevitable that DH and his 2 brothers would be colorblind as well.

i never realized this was a risk.

since i'm partially color blind, is it a guarantee that a potential son would be as well?

need to research this more.

[poisonkisses]

H is a little colourblind, he mostly has trouble with shades and dark colours. I think it's usually with blue and green, if I show him a medium blue and a darker blue he sometimes has trouble telling that they're different shades. Mostly he has trouble telling dark shades apart from black, if it's a really dark blue he thinks it's black. When we first met we had an argument over whether or not his jeans were blue or black haha.