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.

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Etymology

Origin of color-blind

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal

Programs like the GI Bill, celebrated as America’s first “color-blind” policy, ostensibly extended benefits to all veterans.

From Salon

If their color-blind pronouncements seem to gloss over the historical nature of the moment, it’s by design.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Perhaps "Bridgeton" eschews the same sort of criticism because it focuses on female empowerment or because it reinvigorates the historical romance through devices such as color-blind casting and anachronistic music.

From Salon