Are you color blind?

[Buffalo_Gal]

Nope, but after seeing some of the outfits my husband puts together, I wouldn't be surprised to find out he is. 

[Gugny]

2 hours ago, The Senator said:

 

White wine is for women, and sensitive Alan Alda types ?

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You must be a BJ Hunnicut guy.

[The Senator]

5 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

You must be a BJ Hunnicut guy.

 

You’re too kind.  I’m curmudgeonly enough to be a Col. Potter type, but I fancy myself more a Henry Blake ?

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[Ridgewaycynic2013]

When I was young (and dinosaurs ruled the Earth) a friend had an intriguing theory that colour perception is taught.  Parents and caregivers start with young children, telling them the sky is blue, the grass is green, STOP signs are red...but is it possible that my green is your yellow, were we able to see the scene through another set of eyes?  This helpful lad also was the one who introduced us to the theory that speculates the smallest particle of matter in our universe would, if breeched, reveal itself to be an entire universe of its own.  Likewise, going in the opposite direction, our entire universe would be only the smallest particle of matter in the next level ‘up’ of universes.

[unbillievable]

23 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

When I was young (and dinosaurs ruled the Earth) a friend had an intriguing theory that colour perception is taught.  Parents and caregivers start with young children, telling them the sky is blue, the grass is green, STOP signs are red...but is it possible that my green is your yellow, were we able to see the scene through another set of eyes?  This helpful lad also was the one who introduced us to the theory that speculates the smallest particle of matter in our universe would, if breeched, reveal itself to be an entire universe of its own.  Likewise, going in the opposite direction, our entire universe would be only the smallest particle of matter in the next level ‘up’ of universes.

 

When they start putting chips in our brains to record our memories, it will be interesting to see if the philosophers were right.

I could only see the first and last ones, but I'm not color blind at all.

 

 

 

 

 

[sherpa]

From personal experience....

This ishihara test plates linked to in the original post can lead to misleading conclusions.

My profession required a physical with a color blindness test every six months.

Fail the physical and you lose your medical and thus, your license.

 

Typically, you go to the same doctor every six months, because very few are certified to perform the exam.

I had never had any trouble on anything in the physical until I moved here, and found a new certified MD.

His nurse was a no sense of humor, no nothing kind of woman.

She gives me the test using those plates, which I had done tens of times before, and I was really struggling.

Barely got through it.  thought maybe I was just tired or something.

Six months later same thing.

When she was done doing her thing, the MD shows up and finishes his portion.

I told him about the difficulty with the ishihara plates, and that I suspected his plates had faded a bit.

When I got out, I contacted a few others in the area in the same profession, and they claimed the same thing.

 

So....I called the MD and told him about it, and that since my license/living was on the line, I'd go somewhere else, but I just wanted him to know.

Found another qualified guy 50 miles away and no problem for the next 14 years.

Point is, if you have trouble with one color blindness test, don't always conclude it's you.

Edited April 24, 2019 by sherpa

[Turk71]

I could see all the numbers and the squiggly lines but what were plates 14 and 15 about. I could differentiate colors but couldn't make out any particular numbers on those two.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

19 minutes ago, sherpa said:

So....I called the MD and Point is, if you have trouble with one color blindness test, don't always conclude it's you.

I am regularly monitored by a battery of specialists and nurses due to medications taken and a medical condition that will never improve.  All indicate low pulse and low blood pressure, except for the cardiologist, who maintains his machine says my BP is high.  ?

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

Roger Staubach is color blind and he's done fine for himself.

 

He found out he was color blind after he finished at the Naval Academy and got his commission.

 

As he tells it, when he took the physical to enter the Academy he guessed at everything during the color test and apparently the tester wasn't paying attention, and passed him anyway.

 

After graduation, he took another physical before entering active service and found out he could not tell the difference between red (port) and green (starboard). Because of this, he could not serve on a ship and could not see combat action, so it pretty much killed any chances for promotion. This was a major factor for him to resign his commission after four years and join the NFL.

[Boca BIlls]

I see 1, 18 and, 24. Every other one looks like dots.

 

I knew I was color blind back in kindergarten/ first grade when I would fail color tests. Teacher had my parent to take me to the doctor to see if I was acting out or actually color blind.

[row_33]

14 minutes ago, Boca BIlls said:

I see 1, 18 and, 24. Every other one looks like dots.

 

I knew I was color blind back in kindergarten/ first grade when I would fail color tests. Teacher had my parent to take me to the doctor to see if I was acting out or actually color blind.

 

what's the worst thing about it?

 

[Turk71]

3 hours ago, Turk71 said:

I could see all the numbers and the squiggly lines but what were plates 14 and 15 about. I could differentiate colors but couldn't make out any particular numbers on those two.

I just figured out that if you tap on the plate it gives you the answer. Evidently if you are not color blind you won't see anything on plates 14 and 15.

   I am extremely nearsighted but not color blind at all.

[Boca BIlls]

4 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

what's the worst thing about it?

 

People finding out I'm color blind and asking me "what color is this, what color is that?"

 

Since i don't know what it is like to not be color blind I kind of live a normal life b/c what I see is normal to me.

 

Edited April 24, 2019 by Boca BIlls

[row_33]

11 minutes ago, Boca BIlls said:

People finding out I'm color blind and asking me "what color is this, what color is that?"

 

 

 

i have done that to a few....  thanks for letting me know it's not a funny thing....

 

 

[Turk71]

1 minute ago, Boca BIlls said:

People finding out I'm color blind and asking me "what color is this, what color is that?"

 

 

I can imagine that being really annoying.

[ExiledInIllinois]

16 hours ago, CoachT said:

I recently found out that I am color blind at the age of 31. My brother and I always knew something was up, because we would get into arguments with people about what color certain things are. Then my friend showed me these tests that confirmed it. 

 

Take the test for yourself.

 

https://www.colour-blindness.com/colour-blindness-tests/ishihara-colour-test-plates/

Bright side, your mother may be special!

 

Maybe Your mother has super vision and can see more colors than anybody could dream about.  She should get tested.  Read about the women that may be out there w/super vision.  From 2012:

 

http://discovermagazine.com/2012/jul-aug/06-humans-with-super-human-vision

 

 

They are already starting to find some of these women with a fourth CONE in their eyes:

 

https://futurism.com/uk-woman-extra-cone-cell-her-eyes-can-see-more-colors

 

 

Edited April 24, 2019 by ExiledInIllinois

[ExiledInIllinois]

Just took test... Passed with flying colors! Pun intended. Thanx Coach T.

 

I posted above about women with super vision.  They are most likely the mothers of colorblind males.  Women with 4 cones.  If you're color blind... Maybe your mother has super color detecting eyes.

[Captain Hindsight]

5 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

When I was young (and dinosaurs ruled the Earth) a friend had an intriguing theory that colour perception is taught.  Parents and caregivers start with young children, telling them the sky is blue, the grass is green, STOP signs are red...but is it possible that my green is your yellow, were we able to see the scene through another set of eyes?  This helpful lad also was the one who introduced us to the theory that speculates the smallest particle of matter in our universe would, if breeched, reveal itself to be an entire universe of its own.  Likewise, going in the opposite direction, our entire universe would be only the smallest particle of matter in the next level ‘up’ of universes.

I'll take some of what you are smoking

[row_33]

the wilder problem is not having distance depth perception, when you see a tree at middle distance and cannot discern leaves individually

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Just now, Captain Hindsight said:

I'll take some of what you are smoking

I’m high on the real thing...powerful gasoline, a clean windshield, and a shoe shine.

 

Bonus points if you know where that’s from.