colorblind

American  

[kuhl-er-blahynd] / ˈkʌl ərˌblaɪnd /

adjective

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

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

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

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colorblind Scientific  

/ kŭl′ər-blīnd′ /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• colorblindness
  noun
• non-colorblind
  adjective

Example Sentences

Over a 20 year period, the overall mortality risk was 52% higher for the colorblind group.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Racially colorblind highway construction shouldn’t be too much to ask in a country that guarantees equal protection of the laws.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

And he got started as an actor in a time when substantial parts for Black actors were harder to come by, and the idea of colorblind casting was a thing of the far the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

He uses these stories to argue for a colorblind society.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

The world around us is alive with color, albeit even those of us who are not colorblind see only a relatively narrow band of the actual light spectrum.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson