colour-blind
Britishadjective
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of or relating to any defect in the normal ability to distinguish certain colours See deuteranopia protanopia tritanopia
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not discriminating on grounds of skin colour or ethnic origin
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Ms Longshaw said people who were colour-blind or visually impaired might find navigating the road a problem, and the scheme, however well-intentioned, was "a mess" .
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
But she says it runs in the family - with her dad and sister being fully colour-blind.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
Bridgerton has adopted a variation of colour-blind casting, where a person's skin colour plays no part in the decision to give them a role.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2022
For a start, Rourke has imported from British theatre a principle still unfamiliar in cinema: colour-blind casting.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2019
By taking a large number of colour equations, Kœnig, who works in Helmholtz's laboratory, has derived what he considers curves of the three fundamental sensations in a normal-eyed person, and also those of the colour-blind.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by W. de W. Abney
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