Complete Definition of "colorblind"

English
wikipedia

Alternative spellings
color blind
colourblind
colour blind

Adjective
en-adj

#Having a less than normal ability to distinguish colors. There are several different forms of this usually genetic condition, and different forms determine which colors are indistinguishable.
#:Frank was colorblind and had sewn small labels into his clothes to help him pick matching combinations.

  1. context|US Referring to a policy that does not discriminate on the basis of race or skin color.

#:As a result of the lawsuit, the school adopted a colorblind admissions policy.

See also
deuteranomaly
deuteranopia
dichromacy
monochromacy
protanomaly
protanopia
tritanomaly
tritanopia

sd:colorblind

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