Question about being color blind

[Evil Genius]

Is it easier for some color blind people to read something if it's white letters on a black page?

 

[NotUrsula]

Depends on the person and the variety of colourblindness that they have, but generally anything that is black and white with high contrast should not be a problem. Generally you want to avoid shades that are the same tone, and any combination of red and green, and to a lesser extent, yellow, because it tends to become a background color for them, as other colors tend to look yellow.

This is a good site for examples: http://colorvisiontesting.com/

We have SERIOUS colourblindness in my dad's family, we even have colourblind girls, though thankfully I'm not one of them. My dad and brother were deuteranopes, DS is a protanope.

 

[GeorgeG]

I'm colorblind, but I see color. I don't always know what color I'm looking at, but I don't see everything in black and white or grey.

I suppose the best color combination for reading for me is black print on white. I have had situations where two colors where used that seem to contrast well to most people and I can't read it. I have found that different lighting sometimes helps. The size of the print can also be a factor.

 

[MI mom of 3]

I had a boy in school who we discovered was color blind. In classes I had to remind the teachers that they could only use the black marker on the white board. If they used the blue or red he had a much harder time figuring out what it said.

 

[couldbeme]

I've obviously have been in heated debate on too many race related threads today!

TIME TO STEP AWAY!

 

[englishteacha]

My former co-teacher (who is now happily retired!) was color blind. It was tough when kids did posters or PowerPoint presentations and used lots of colors. He often had to ask a kid to read things to him just to make sure he was seeing it right.

 

[Cool-Beans]

I'm not all the colorblinds, but am some.

White letters on a black page would annoy me, but only because I think it would be hard to read.

 

[KrnB]

Depends on the person and the variety of colourblindness that they have, but generally anything that is black and white with high contrast should not be a problem. Generally you want to avoid shades that are the same tone, and any combination of red and green, and to a lesser extent, yellow, because it tends to become a background color for them, as other colors tend to look yellow.

This is a good site for examples: http://colorvisiontesting.com/

We have SERIOUS colourblindness in my dad's family, we even have colourblind girls, though thankfully I'm not one of them. My dad and brother were deuteranopes, DS is a protanope.

There's a really cool site that does a good job of similating colorblindness (three types). You can enter a website or upload a photo and see it the way a colorblind person would.

http://vischeck.com/

 

[DizneeMommy]

DH is red/green colorblind, and one combination that really bothers him is black print on a red page. . . VERY difficult for him to read.

 

[Cool-Beans]

Doesn't everyone have problems reading things on certain colored backgrounds? I'm not really all that into my colorblindness, possibly because it isn't that bad. Now I'm wondering if it is just me...but I'm thinking it is everyone.

???

I only have two real problems with it.

1. Picking out clothes. I have to drag people with me to make sure things "match". And I won't buy stuff that looks like it doesn't "match" to me, even if the rest of the world thinks it does. That kind of drives the friends nuts, even though they know how it's going to go because they've done it before. "Just trust me!" they protest. But I can't walk around in clothes that look funky to ME. I have to find clothes that look right through my eyes and THEIRS. So, it limits the options on clothes-buying. But no big whup.

2. Saying something is one color and having other people say, "No, it is (some other color.)" I never know if they're wrong or it is me. It is usually me. It generally pisses me off and I drop it. Little whup, but not a BIG whup. Some whupness involved, though.

 

[KrnB]

DH is red/green colorblind, and one combination that really bothers him is black print on a red page. . . VERY difficult for him to read.

Black on red can be tough for non colorblind people sometimes, depending on the shade of red and the font of the text - I can only imagine how tough it can be for those who are colorblind.

 

[Linzybrooke]

Black on red can be tough for non colorblind people sometimes, depending on the shade of red and the font of the text - I can only imagine how tough it can be for those who are colorblind.

White on blue can be tough on non colorblind as well. We had a local movie theatre that had all their menus on blue screens with white text. After a year or so they changed it because they had so many complains about how difficult it was to read.

My nana is colorblind, she was injured in an optomotrists office when she was a teen. The loss was progressive, with red being the last color she could see. I remember their house when I was little and almost everything was a shade of red or orange. I had a student this past year who was colorblind and a fabulous artist. He always had to ask me to help him pick out colors and then label them for him so he could paint.

 

[DizneeMommy]

Doesn't everyone have problems reading things on certain colored backgrounds? I'm not really all that into my colorblindness, possibly because it isn't that bad. Now I'm wondering if it is just me...but I'm thinking it is everyone.

???

I only have two real problems with it.

1. Picking out clothes. I have to drag people with me to make sure things "match". And I won't buy stuff that looks like it doesn't "match" to me, even if the rest of the world thinks it does. That kind of drives the friends nuts, even though they know how it's going to go because they've done it before. "Just trust me!" they protest. But I can't walk around in clothes that look funky to ME. I have to find clothes that look right through my eyes and THEIRS. So, it limits the options on clothes-buying. But no big whup.

2. Saying something is one color and having other people say, "No, it is (some other color.)" I never know if they're wrong or it is me. It is usually me. It generally pisses me off and I drop it. Little whup, but not a BIG whup. Some whupness involved, though.

DH is the same way with clothes. And he says he's still not convinced that it's not everyone else who sees colors "wrong" and him who sees everything correctly!! (It was really hilarious watching our kids when they were around 3 or 4 "argue" with him over colors. They tried their best to teach Daddy his colors, but he never could get it!! Great way to get THEM to learn, though!)

 

[Cool-Beans]

DH is the same way with clothes. And he says he's still not convinced that it's not everyone else who sees colors "wrong" and him who sees everything correctly!! (It was really hilarious watching our kids when they were around 3 or 4 "argue" with him over colors. They tried their best to teach Daddy his colors, but he never could get it!! Great way to get THEM to learn, though!)

Before you find out that you're colorblind, you do think it is the people around you. And it kind of pisses you off that they all see it wrong. The more people that see it wrong, the more you think, "What is wrong with everyone?!"

Honestly, we think you are wrong as much as you think we are. Unfortunately, majority rules. If the whole rest of the world thinks the car is grey, but you KNOW it is green (!), you just have to say, "Fine, whatever. It is grey." Even though you know they're wrong, you know you're going to lose that argument because they will ALL see it as grey and they will ALL say that it is grey and bring up the whole "colorblind" thing. And they'll win. Frustrating.

Tell your DH that I take his side. Whenever there is a disagreement, I vote in his favor.

 

[DizneeMommy]

I'll tell him! He'll be glad to know someone's on his side!!

 

[KrnB]

I had a student this past year who was colorblind and a fabulous artist. He always had to ask me to help him pick out colors and then label them for him so he could paint.

A family friend of ours is an incredibly talented artist, and he often does landscapes even though he can't really tell the difference between green and brown (Trivial Pursuit was always fun with him ). I think he just learned the names of the colors on the paint tube or colored pencil to know what to use - but he got them right.

There's a story about him, though, where his wife walked into the room many years ago and freaked out seeing him sitting on the floor with his then-young DD teaching her colors.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

In high school I gave a presentation about color blindness and it included a short vision test as an example. One of the guys in the class had no idea he was color blind until I gave that presentation. Afterwards he was kind of shell shocked, and everyone was asking him what things looked like to him and such. I thought it was weird you could go through some 16 or 17 years of your life not knowing that you saw the world differently from pretty much everyone else.

I have a friend who is red-green colorblind. He has a lot of trouble with video games. You don't realize how much those things often rely on color distinctions until you try to play them with someone who can't see those distinctions at all.

 

[Cool-Beans]

I was around 14 years or so when we found out. For many years I had been arguing with my family over the colors of certain items. They'd say I was nuts and I'd say they were nuts.

Then they dragged my best friend into the fight and she agreed that those items were the color they said they were, which kind of pissed me off. Not only was she crazy, too, but now she was siding against me. And giving me that look.

Believe it or not, it takes a while before everyone realizes that it isn't just a difference of opinion or someone being stubborn.

Pretty soon I realized that the whole world sees that stuff wrong.

But, I still to this day think that there is a chance that I have the better vision. Perhaps there is a small part of the population that is able to see things correctly, things the rest of you with your inferior eyes are not picking up on. Bet y'all never thought of that.

Maybe you are all colorblind and we're the ones with the ability to see what you are missing!

Now I have to YAGE from the thread before people start with the "colorblind" and all the reasons why my vision is bad. I don't want facts. I like to think it is all YOU who are wrong, thank you very much. If I'm floating down a river in Egypt, that's fine with me. The water is pretty and the ride is a nice one.

 

[sha_lyn]

LOL...DH says when he joined the AF they tested him and said he was colorblind, but he says he doesn't know what color(s), how bad it is etc LOL.
Really it just seems he does see subtle differences, IE blue-red and orange-red don't look different to him. then again I don't know if either really look red to him either. I will have to have him try the online test

 

[Alex2kMommy]

But, I still to this day think that there is a chance that I have the better vision. Perhaps there is a small part of the population that is able to see things correctly, things the rest of you with your inferior eyes are not picking up on. Bet y'all never thought of that.

Maybe you are all colorblind and we're the ones with the ability to see what you are missing!

You are on to something here, actually.

My dad is colorblind, as is DS7 (and probably DS4.) I told Dad that my son sees animals and things out in nature and I have to really search to see it, too. Sometimes I just can't see it, but I've learned to trust his more perceptive eyes.

My dad said he also can spot animals in nature easily. He was in the Army years ago, and said all the best snipers were colorblind. Interesting!