Facts Corner

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Myths and Facts about Impaired Vision

...we can see more shades of green than any other colour.

Facts About Your Eyes

Fact About Colour Blindness

1 in 12 men are Colour Blind

There are different types of color blindness, depending on which cones in your eyes aren’t working properly. The rarest type of color blindness is monochromacy. This type makes it impossible to see any colors at all. People with rod monochromacy see only black, white and shades of gray, while people with cone monochromacy see only one color such as red, green or blue.

You may have difficulty in distinguishing blue and yellow hues if you have blue-yellow color blindness. With tritanomaly, blue appears more green and less bright, while with tritanopia blue appears as pink or gray. If you have red-green color blindness, it’s hard to tell the difference between red and green hues.

Four subtypes of red-green color blindness include:

Protanomal - Red appears more green and less bright.
Protanopia - Red appears as black or dark gray.
Deuteranomaly - Green appears more red
Deuteranopia - Green appears as beige or brown