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Therefore, a son from a color-blind mother (who receives the trait from his mother on the X-chromosome) will always be color-blind, regardless of the state of the father (who can only give his son a Y-chromosome).
I don't know of any color-blindness in my side of the family. The quick answer is that yes, a female can get a copy of the gene that leads to colorblindness from her father. In fact, the odds are nearly 100% that she'll get that gene from her dad.