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
The local radio station, WLAY, was unusual for playing music by both white and black artists; and the colour-blind approach was duplicated in the local recording studios.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
Armando Iannucci’s Dickens adaptation starring Dev Patel, with adventurous colour-blind casting reinvigorating the material.
From The Guardian ● May 12, 2020
A new adaptation of David Copperfield is the latest project to take a colour-blind approach to casting.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2019
But it is useless to discuss these questions with people who are colour-blind.
From Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Stuart Mason
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