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Are you color weak or color blind?

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MJinZ said:
Do you guys get annoyed at cars that have flashing turn signal lights that are red instead of amber?

Or is it the opposite?

I HATE those as they do not stand out from the brake lights at all.
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Hadn't noticed. Their intensity should increase as the signal signals, right.

I'll keep an eye out.
 
Perknose said:
Color blind people were used during WWII to decipher B&W aerial reconnaissance photos, because they can pick out color non-dependent detail better.

Same with deer. That's why hunters can wear orange vests, but also use camo patterns to blend in.
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You mean, deer are colorblind, not colorblind hunters right?
 
I have a lot of the same issues as mentioned. Mostly difficulty distinguishing between dark colors; like I couldn't tell you off hand if the monitor I'm looking at has a black or dark gray case. I mean, you can get by a lot of it with simple reasoning (I bet the case is black) but still happens often enough.

I also have a lot of trouble with very light colors as well, I couldn't for the life of me tell you if something is yellow or orange if they're light enough.

Far as practical problems go, not many. I don't think I've run into (m)any single bulb traffic lights in my time. But trying to play Bubble bobble when green looks like orange, orange looks like yellow, yellow looks like green and blue and purple may as well be the same thing can be a little maddening 😀
 
darkewaffle said:
I have a lot of the same issues as mentioned. Mostly difficulty distinguishing between dark colors; like I couldn't tell you off hand if the monitor I'm looking at has a black or dark gray case. I mean, you can get by a lot of it with simple reasoning (I bet the case is black) but still happens often enough.

I also have a lot of trouble with very light colors as well, I couldn't for the life of me tell you if something is yellow or orange if they're light enough.

Far as practical problems go, not many. I don't think I've run into (m)any single bulb traffic lights in my time. But trying to play Bubble bobble when green looks like orange, orange looks like yellow, yellow looks like green and blue and purple may as well be the same thing can be a little maddening 😀
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Colors are well known for corresponding with mood and emotions.

Do red colors evoke a response from you?

Blue?

Green?

Pink?

I tend to find red to be evocative (or rousing/angry), blue to be depressing, green to be calming, and pink to be soft/cuddly.
 
MJinZ said:
You mean, deer are colorblind, not colorblind hunters right?
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Perknose said:
Color blind people were used during WWII to decipher B&W aerial reconnaissance photos, because they can pick out color non-dependent detail better.

Same with deer [they can pick out color non-dependent detail better]. That's why hunters can wear orange vests, but also use camo patterns to blend in.
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I'm not mean, and, yes, deer are colorblind. 😉

That's why hunters can wear orange vests that the deer don't notice but other (presumably not color blind) hunters do.

Does the bolded addition help?

Hmmmm, Color Blind Hunter. It's a band name with so many simultaneously subtle allusions going for it -- dating, potentially tragic hunting accidents, non-race based general hate. :hmm:

Saaaay, have you heard the new CBH album yet? 😀
 
MJinZ said:
Colors are well known for corresponding with mood and emotions.
Do red colors evoke a response from you?
Blue?
Green?
Pink?
I tend to find red to be evocative (or rousing/angry), blue to be depressing, green to be calming, and pink to be soft/cuddly.
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I don't think I really associate colors with emotions, aside from those I've been conditioned with. (Red is angry, black is evil, green is 'fresh', blue is cool, etc)

Like, if I hadn't had the cultural exposure to create those responses I don't think I would have created them of my own accord. At least not so strongly.
 
I have a red-green color deficiency as well.

Got it from my ma', rare for women, and sucks for any male-children of a afflicted woman because they are guaranteed. Thanks, damn DNA.

*Most* traffic signals I can see fine. All my life I was confused why they call the Green light, "Green"... almost all of them look a strange shade of White to me. 🙂

So far, it's only been semi-dangerous once in my life, when I saw a traffic signal I had never been through before, and it was at dark outside. I saw a vibrant green light, so I was one, quite intrigued it appeared so green to me. Thought it was neat. Kept driving toward it.
And then it turned red.
I was like.. WTF?! Where's the yellow.
Then when it turned green, it didn't look green. I was like.. wait, what?
The yellow light looked a super vibrant green to my eyes. 🙂

Some charts and some wiring is difficult to work with. But I see some reds, greens, and browns, just fine. Every system uses different shades of those colors, so it can get a little confusing. But, in my mind, if it's kind of a pure shade of a certain color, I can see it just fine. It's the other shades where things get messy. If it doesn't need to be named, it doesn't effect me one bit.
I remember wiring CAT5 cables, ugh. I remember working with cabling from two different manufacturers. Getting the ends wired right, or working with patch panels, was either easy or hell. One manufacturer used shades of green and brown that looked the exact same to my eyes. Another had shades that were very distinct and I could easily call Brown and Green. Thankfully, the yellow shades for both didn't cause problems at all.
 
I'm color blind. It doesn't really bother me much. As others have said, I mainly have trouble with dark colors. Luckily, I make contact lenses, so I made a dark red contact lens as a filter for one eye so I can differentiate dark colors if I'm in a situation that I need it.
 
Nope. When I joined the Navy under the nuke program I had my color vision tested MANY times over my 9 years. And it doesnt run in my family. If I was gonna lose it, it woulda happened by now.

Sadly thats the only good thing I have going for me. I'm terribly nearsighted and it seems my hearing has worsened over the years. And not cuz of age. Its all that time I spent on the airfield without proper hearing protection all day, every day.
 
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