color-blind

[ kuhl-er-blahynd ]

/ ˈkʌl ərˌblaɪnd /

adjective

Ophthalmology. pertaining to or affected with color blindness.

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

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

Nearby words

color solid, color taste, color temperature, color transparency, color wheel, color-blind, color-code, color-coded, color-coordinated, color-key, color.

Origin of color-blind

First recorded in 1850–55

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Examples from the Web for colorblind

The cornerstone of our democracy is that justice is to be colorblind in its administration.
As Michael Brown Grand Jury Winds Down, Is Ferguson on the Brink of War?|Ron Christie|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Silva concludes that America is afflicted by the socio-optic condition of “colorblind racism.”
How We Got to Ferguson—a Reading List|David Masciotra|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In other words, only the “colorblind” are capable of stopping racism.
Conservatives Have No Idea What ‘Racist’ Means|Jamelle Bouie|August 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It has medical writing, but it also has travel writing: going to Micronesia to see this island of colorblind people.
Oliver Sacks: How I Write|Noah Charney|December 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Musicians were colorblind in this country long before anyone else, and no one was ever more colorblind than Helm.
Levon Helm of The Band: Obituary|Malcolm Jones|April 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Medicine definitions for colorblind

colorblind

adj.

Partially or totally unable to distinguish certain colors.

Science definitions for colorblind

colorblind

[ kŭl′ər-blīnd′ ]

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.