COLOR BLINDNESS

WHAT IS COLOR BLINDNESS

• Color blindness is the abnormality/deficiency in the retina disabling the patient not to see certain shades of colors.

CAUSES

• Color blindness is usually a genetic disorder.
• Diseases that damage the optic nerve or the retina of the eye can cause acquired color blindness.
• Color blindness is more common in men then women and 1/3 people in America have this disease.

SYMPTOMS

• The inability to distinguish between shades of red and green.
• This visual disability is usually self diagnosable, there are several tests on the internet.

WHAT HAPPENS

• Your eye retinas are composed of rods and cones. Rods help your vision in low light
• Cones are like rods but they help you see color and when there is an abnormality with cones so they are missing cones so they cant see certain colors because the photoreceptors can't see the color.

MOST COMMON TYPES OF COLOR BLINDNESS

• There are three main types of color blindness they are anomalous, protanomaly, and deuteranomaly
• The most common non-seeable colors are red, green, blue, and yellow

QUESTIONS

• If you are color blind can you see colors- Cameron. Yes it is very rare to not see any colors what so ever.
• If you are color blind with every color would you be able to see just black and white or would you be blind-Tanner. Yes you its a disability that you cant tell between colors.

WHY I CHOSE COLOR BLINDNESS

• I was interested in how eyes work and how color blindness affects people.
• I am color blind and I wanted to learn more about this disease.

REFERANCES

• Tanner
• Cameron
• Zach
• Isaac
• Kayle
• Google

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