Colour Blindness

rachelet

My brother is severely colour blind and my mum found out when he was tested at school. She was given a list of jobs that he couldn't do but I can't remember them now as it was so long ago. Apparently my mum is the carrier for the gene so I may be a carrier as well and my son may be colour blind but I am not worried about it.

My brother although he is colour blind, did fine art at college and ended up doing a fine art degree at university. He now runs his own clothes shop. Sometimes the clothes he wears do clash a bit but that is just part of his own unique style!

peachyprice

My OH is green/brown colour blind, he couldn't be a pilot or I belive an electrician/electrical engineer, he's fine with plug wiring but not with more complex wiring with many colours.

Other than that it hasn't had any effect on his day to day life, although I do have to choose his ties every day to save any fashion faux pas and he'll tell me I'm wearing a lovely pink dress that is infact beige.

Indie_Kid

Jo4 wrote: »

I would have loved to have been a forensic detective but you need colour vision.

Same here.

Personally, it hasn't affected me that much and it is something I've just learnt to live with.

Owain_Moneysaver

peachyprice wrote: »

Other than that it hasn't had any effect on his day to day life, although I do have to choose his ties every day to save any fashion faux pas and he'll tell me I'm wearing a lovely pink dress that is infact beige.

At least he notices you're wearing a dress.

And look on the bright side, you'll be able to buy a pink dress and he won't say "how much did that cost?"

zenmaster

I had a friend who was totally colour blind.

He failed an interview with the BBC on those grounds. Since it was on the radio I couldn't understand why.

He turned out to be an extremely successful electronics engineer, with his own company and several patents to his name.

I asked him once how he coped with (colour coded) resistors. He replied "I ask someone, or measure them with a meter". An obvious answer, but one which explains why he is extremely successful and I am average.

Nenen

I'm colour blind and so are both my sons. I can honestly say it makes very little difference to my life, in fact I see it as a positive because it makes me more aware of shapes and characteristics other than colour. It is often a talking point too as, when it crops up in conversation, people are often interested in the subject and want to know more, especially as it is less common in women and many people mistakenly believe women are never colour blind. Mind you, I occasionally get fed up of people pointing to objects and quizzing me about what colour I think they are!

It is great being colour blind at work. I am a primary school teacher and usually tell the children I teach that I am colour blind at the start of the school year as they love being able to help me with colours.

The only problem I think colour blindness causes is when it has not been diagnosed early enough and a young person only finds out when they go for a medical for a job they've set their heart on. If your son is colour blind then he will know now that he will not be able to consider a very few career paths and not work towards these.

My sons (25 and 20) were both diagnosed early and have chosen career paths that do not rely on perfect colour vision. Neither of them are at all bothered by their colour blindness as one says, 'What you've never had you never miss'.

kdenty

My cousin is brown/green colour blind we think he was scammed when he bought a mini. The mini was a yukky pale brown colour. We think he must have thought he had a racing green one!

Apart from needing caution buying cars I'm sure if your son is colour blind he will still do great in life.:)

vouchersrme

My DS2 is completely colour-blind sees no colours at all, he can differentiate between colours but doesn't know the colour. If colours have same tonal quality then he can't see difference. It has stopped him from being a policeman, and there are other careers he cannot go into. Apart from that he has no other issues from this condition. It is passed down through the mother but mostly affects boys.

brook2jack

green/brown colour blindness resulted in one person in my year having to leave dental school in second year. Undetected before then. Makes it impossible to see subtle signs of decay and colour match teeth/fillings.

donteatthat

brook2jack wrote: »

green/brown colour blindness resulted in one person in my year having to leave dental school in second year. Undetected before then. Makes it impossible to see subtle signs of decay and colour match teeth/fillings.

That's a shame I would have thought there would be technology to get round that these days.