Question 1

can you regain the ability to see color if you are color blind?

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No: Several varieties of color blindness exist, but they are permanent conditions.  A person is born color blind because he has a mutation in the genes that are needed to see certain colors the way a normal person sees them.  Most color blind people see many colors, but the colors appear in a "different" hue.  Very rarely does anyone have total color blindness and see only black, white, and gray.

Question 2

is there a color blind condition where one could only see blue and purple?

Accepted Answer

Color blindness: Color blindness and the related visual perceptions vary significantly.  I would recommend seeing an eye doctor and performing the ishiahara color plates and farnsworth testing to determine your exact deficit.

Question 3

can a color blind person see a light green text on top of a dark green background?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: There are several different types and degrees of color blindness.

Question 4

how to convince my color-blind boyfriend to see optometrist?

Accepted Answer

Don't: Color-blindness is usually congenital (from birth) and results from one or more of the several families of color receptors in the eye. No one, optometrist, ophthalmologist or otherwise, will be able to cure it. Most people are color confused, not color-blind, and so function well in our colorful society!

Question 5

what color blindness causes you to see black as red?

Accepted Answer

There is none: You can have colour blindness when you see red as black, but not black as red.

Question 6

what do reverse color blind people see?

Accepted Answer

Color blindness: There is no such condition as "reverse color blindness."  the most common type of color "blindess"  typically occurs in males.  These people confuse red and green colors.  In rare cases, people can be born with complete color blindness and only see colors as various shades of light and dark.  In severe cases of color blindness, patients often don't see very well either.

Question 7

could you see the 2 in this color blind test?

Accepted Answer

If color normal: The tests are designed with little dots that are shaded along the axes of confusion for the color deficient.  A color normal will see the indicated symbol or number while the deficient will miss it.

Question 8

how do i know exactly what do color blind people see?

Accepted Answer

Muted color: Most color deficient persons have normal acuity so they can see the smaller things that ordinary people can see.  But their color distinction is altered and they will confuse some colors with others - so they observe a muted palatte of colorl.

Question 9

i see blue instead of grey and purple instead of brown. is this being color blind?

Accepted Answer

Not likely: Most color blind people have trouble with reds and greens.  If you had blue-yellow colorblindness (rare), you would see gray instead of blue.  You likely just perceive colors a little different than someone else.  Colorblind people cannot distinguish certain colors at all.  For example, they see no difference between green and brown.

Question 10

what would be a good way to convince my color blind boyfriend to see the optometrist?

Accepted Answer

Necessary?: The most common type of "color blindness" is red-green color deficiency. Blue-yellow deficiency or true color blindness (achromatopsia) are rare. Color testing can identify which. Red-green deficiency can be adapted to fairly easily and is not very limiting, but the others can significantly impact vision. If he has had it since birth and is functioning well, he probably doesn't need to see a doc.

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