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

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colorblind

Yet more can be done to make the law colorblind, and the judiciary doesn’t have to do it alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

To understand why, imagine a scenario with no historical discrimination and fully colorblind policies.

From Slate ● May 22, 2026

Haendel, who is colorblind, said he initially planned for the entire work to be drawn in pencil and in grayscale, like much of his other work.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

"The power in this type of study is the ability to curate a particular population of interest -- in this case, patients who are colorblind who develop bladder cancer or colorectal cancer," Rahimy said.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

For decades, civil rights leaders have been saying things like “we all want a colorblind society, we just disagree how to get there” in defense of race-conscious programs like affirmative action or racial data collection.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander