Out in the world, one out of every 10 men have some form of
color blindness. While it’s not the most debilitating genetic
irregularity, color blindness can still make everyday tasks,
such as getting dressed, difficult. Imagine being color blind
and in a gang. That could become downright dangerous. Then, of
course, color blindness becomes a bit of a novelty to “color
normals” – as those who can see the full spectrum of colors are
known -- when they first come across someone who’s color blind.
“What color is my shirt!?” is a favorite question. But a
scientist named Mark Changizi and his partner Tim Barber from
2AI Labs in Boston have created a pair of glasses that may
provide a remedy for a certain type of color blindness – the
inability to see reds and greens. According to Changizi, it
turns out that color vision is a trait found only in primates
with exposed skin as opposed to dogs, which don’t have color
vision. We use our color vision to see the subtle variations in
blood flow, on, for example, the human fa