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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But she says it runs in the family - with her dad and sister being fully colour-blind.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
He promised to create a country that is "colour-blind and merit-based".
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
The BBC and the UK's Met Office both use colour scales in graphics designed to be accessible to those who are colour-blind or have a visual colour deficiency.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2022
That he, a Puerto Rican American, has been cast as a cockney lamplighter in a mainstream Disney film is testament to his success at promoting colour-blind casting.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 1, 2018
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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