“It just kind of makes red and green look more similar to each other, it’s kind of hard to distinguish them, but when they’re really bright I can kind of see how different they are. “I didn’t know until sixth grade, and even then it hasn’t really impacted my daily life,” Voight said. Despite having this condition since he was born, Voight said the first time he found out he had it was in middle school, and he was surprised because he never realized red and green weren’t supposed to look the same. As a result, red, green, yellow and brown can all seem similar in appearance, in much the same way as Linden’s condition.
“A lot of people think I’m lying, but it’s actually not that rare to be color blind.”Īnother student, senior Joe Voight, said he has a type of red-green color blindness called deuteranomaly that causes the red and green cones in his eyes to overlap and detect excess red light and limited amounts of green light. “Most yellows look green and most browns look red and most reds look brown-it’s like the same color almost,” Linden said. He said that many people overlook the frequency of color blindness and are often taken aback when they find out that he is color blind. Sophomore John Linden has red-green color blindness, which means it’s hard to distinguish between the two hues.
Additionally, the Institute states that while red-green color blindness is the most common form, blue-yellow is also common in the color blind population. 5 percent of women and 8 percent of men can’t see those colors because of color vision deficiency, also known as color blindness, according to the National Eye Institute. Blue and white for Hanukkah and green and red for Christmas.
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