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color-blind

American  
[kuhl-er-blahynd] / ˈkʌl ərˌblaɪnd /

adjective

  1. Ophthalmology. pertaining to or affected with color blindness.

  2. Photography. (of an emulsion) sensitive only to blue, violet, and ultraviolet rays.

  3. showing or characterized by freedom from racial bias; not influenced by skin color.


Etymology

Origin of color-blind

First recorded in 1850–55


Example Sentences

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This critic is all for so-called color-blind casting; in addition to promoting employment, it invigorates the work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

There is no such thing as a color-blind country, said Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her strong dissent: “deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.”

From Scientific American ● Jul. 6, 2023

Rhimes and "Bridgerton" creator Chris Van Dusen adapted Julia Quinn's novels with a "color-conscious" approach – not color-blind, Van Dusen explained, but casual in its inclusiveness to a degree that bordered on thoughtlessness.

From Salon ● May 6, 2023

“They taught their children the same color-blind values that Elder has advocated for decades.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 13, 2021

Although I was to discover a core of sympathetic whites who became friends and later colleagues, most of the whites at Wits were not liberal or color-blind.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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