1. UNABLE TO
DISTINGUISH
CERTAIN COLORS.
HUMANS WHO ARE COLORBLIND
USUALLY CANNOT DISTINGUISH RED FROM GREEN. MANY
ANIMALS, INCLUDING
CATS AND DOGS,
ARE COLORBLIND AND UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH MORE THAN A FEW COLORS. 2. PHOTOGRAPHY.
(OF AN EMULSION) SENSITIVE ONLY TO BLUE, VIOLET, AND ULTRAVIOLET RAYS.
3. SHOWING OR CHARACTERIZED BY FREEDOM FROM RACIAL BIAS.COLOR BLINDNESS IS USUALLY CLASSED
AS DISABILITY; HOWEVER, IN SELECTED SITUATIONS COLOR BLIND PEOPLE
MAY HAVE ADVANTAGES OVER PEOPLE WITH NORMAL COLOR VISION. THERE IS ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT COLOR BLIND INDIVIDUALS ARE BETTER AT PENETRATING
COLOR CAMOUFLAGE AND AT LEAST ONE SCIENTIFIC STUDY CONFIRMS THIS UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS.
[2] MONOCHROMATS MAY HAVE A MINOR ADVANTAGE IN DARK VISION, BUT ONLY IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF DARK ADAPTATION.“BEING COLORBLIND CAN BE A GOOD THING. RESEARCHERS STUDYING CAPUCHIN MONKEYS IN THE FORESTS OF COSTA RICA HAVE SHOWN THAT COLORBLIND INDIVIDUALS ARE BETTER AT DETECTING CAMOUFLAGED INSECTS THAN ARE THOSE THAT SEE A WIDER SPECTRUM OF COLORS. THE FINDING IS THE FIRST EVIDENCE FROM THE WILD THAT COLORBLINDNESS CONFERS ADVANTAGES
DURING FORAGING.” COLOR BLINDNESS IS USUALLY CLASSED AS DISABILITY; HOWEVER, IN SELECTED SITUATIONS COLOR BLIND PEOPLE MAY HAVE ADVANTAGES OVER PEOPLE WITH NORMAL COLOR VISION. THERE IS ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT COLOR BLIND INDIVIDUALS ARE BETTER AT PENETRATING COLOR CAMOUFLAGE AND AT LEAST ONE SCIENTIFIC STUDY CONFIRMS THIS UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS.