When your child starts to learn colors the question of color
blindness often arises. Does your child understand the colors
correctly? He or she is mixing some colors or can’t name them
correctly. Is this color blindness or is it just to early to
know? Many mothers and fathers ask if their son or daughter has
a color vision deficiency. Here are some example questions of
anxious parents: I would like to tackle the question about a
possible color vision deficiency of your child with the
following three points: - Development of color vision in
children. - When to test your child for color blindness. - Why
you should check the color vision of your child. Before I get
into the details of the above three topics I would like to say a
few words about color blindness itself. In each school class
there is on average one colorblind child. Red-green color
blindness is the most common form while the terminology is
misleading. Every normal colorblind person has a very colorful
visual spectrum—just a bit less colorful. This