Colour Blindness

delain

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

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?"

My Dad is colour blind and gave my little brother a big pink teddy bear when he was little. According to my mum he swore it was blue, she still thinks he knew it was pink lol

brook2jack

donteatthat wrote: »

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

unfortunately caries detection advances are still not as good as eyesight. He could literally not see the difference between healthy and stained dentine. He could not pass the 3rd BDS operative technique exams.

skipsmum

DS2 is orange/purple colourblind....not sure how common this is but it doesn't seem to be genetic.

DVardysShadow

Mojisola wrote: »

We'll have to agree to disagree. There's enough different shades shown on the sight tests cards to cover most problems with colour variations on the monitor.

The full colour test should be done for every child at school so that everyone is aware of any problems they may have and can compensate for them.

We can agree to disagree. For a start. I don't think that a colour blindness test is a game, it is a serious attempt to make an objective assessment of OP's son's colour vision.

You might as well get some crayons and do your own test discs for all the good it will do. Bumper packs of crayons have enough different shades to cover most problems. But I wouldn't.

Indie_Kid

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.

They are expensive, but RNIB do a piece of equipment that tells you what colour your clothes are.

YORKSHIRELASS

My OH is colour blind and it hasnt affected his life at all in any major way, although it does appear to have got worse as he has got older. Our two sons are fine. We have had some really funny things happen because of his colour blindness but there are many things that really annoy him. He wont use chip and pin machines because he cant distinguish between red and green and gets embarrassed if he doesnt know which button to press. He pays for everything in cash or takes me along to use my card!

We have an Xbox and some games rely on you being able to distinguish between red and green. He is always shouting at the Xbox and it drives him mad that they dont use other colours!!!

On the plus side my OH has perfect vision other than the colour blindness - and I have to wear contact lenses.

Indie_Kid

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

My OH is colour blind and it hasnt affected his life at all in any major way, although it does appear to have got worse as he has got older.

I've noticed this with myself too.

Jo4

My colour blindness means it is best that I leave hubby to wire any plugs! I have learnt my lesson! :eek: :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

kingfisherblue

Well, today I took my son for an eye test and expelined my concerns to the optician. He used the Ishihari test and the City test. The first, my son failed completely. The second, he scored two out of ten. The optician confirmed that my son is red/green colour deficient (he said that the term colour blindness is out of date). My son has a bigger problem with green, hence the green/brown confusion, but can see the difference between green and red. The optician explained that my lad sees green differently to the majority of us though.

My son was considering joining the police, but the City test requires a seven out of ten pass rate. He would also not be allowed to join the Armed Forces. He's only ten, though, and doesn't have a definite career path in mind, so it isn't a problem.

Thank you to everybody who commented, especially those who have reassured me that they or their loved ones cope well, without major problems in their everyday life.

ETA - my son's sight is otherwise perfect, lucky thing! I've worn glasses most of my life.

nedmundo

Thanks KFB, it's always good to hear the follow up.