OH man... I have trouble picking out clothes sometimes because I'm color blind! Do you know anyone who is color blind?
No I don't. It is also known as color deficiency and is characterized as the decreased ability to see differences in color.
Yeah, sometimes I have trouble driving because I can't see the colors of the traffic lights!
Oh no. It can make some educatonal activities harder also.
Yes sometimes. I wouldn't want to do art in university. I decided a career in mathematics instead!
Good for you. The most common cause is an inherited fault in one or more of the three sets of color sensing cones in the eye.
Yes, my mother is actually color blind also. We make a good team!
blindness is an inherited problem in the development of one or more of the three sets of color-sensing cones in the eye. Males are more likely to be color blind than females, as the genes responsible for the most common forms of color blindness are on the X chromosome. As females have two X chromosomes, a defect in one is typically compensated for by the other, while males only have one X chromosome. Color blindness can also result from physical or chemical damage to the eye, optic nerve or parts of
the job in an interview in the March/April 1997 issue of "Snap BMX Magazine:"Snap Magazine: "How'd you get a job painting bikes if you're color blind?"brBrian Foster: "(laughter)Side note: I don't think they knew. I went there just to help out working with bikes and the next ting you know they're like, "Do you know how to paint?" "Yeah, sure." And I started painting. The only time I ran into trouble was late at night when I