Author Topic: Interesting article on colour blind folks... (Read 1486 times)

red · **on:** December 13, 2007, 10:27:10 AM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

on: December 13, 2007, 10:27:10 AM

http://critiquewall.com/2007/12/10/blindness

According to Wikipedia there are an estimated 10.5 million American men who are red green color blind. I am one of them. I discovered this many years ago and rarely think about it as to me it is normal. However, I have discovered that those around me are endlessly fascinated with it—especially designers. So, to you I provide this public service message on color blindness.

First a little bit of myth busting. Red and green do not appear gray to me, perhaps less bright then you are used to but not gray. Second, color blindness does not give me superpowers. I cannot magically see through red and green objects and describe what is behind them. (It would be nice at times though (-: .)

thoughts?

Rivkid · **Reply #1 on:** December 13, 2007, 10:34:04 AM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #1 on: December 13, 2007, 10:34:04 AM

Quote from: red

http://critiquewall.com/2007/12/10/blindness

According to Wikipedia there are an estimated 10.5 million American men who are red green color blind. I am one of them. I discovered this many years ago and rarely think about it as to me it is normal. However, I have discovered that those around me are endlessly fascinated with it—especially designers. So, to you I provide this public service message on color blindness.

First a little bit of myth busting. Red and green do not appear gray to me, perhaps less bright then you are used to but not gray. Second, color blindness does not give me superpowers. I cannot magically see through red and green objects and describe what is behind them. (It would be nice at times though (-: .)

thoughts?

I think its a real shame you dont have superpowers

red · **Reply #2 on:** December 13, 2007, 10:39:51 AM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #2 on: December 13, 2007, 10:39:51 AM

me, why? im not colour blind lol.

Eggtastico · **Reply #3 on:** December 13, 2007, 10:56:27 AM

Re:Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #3 on: December 13, 2007, 10:56:27 AM

im red green colour blind.

From a distance dark Green sometimes appear a brown/dark red & vice versa

Rivkid · **Reply #4 on:** December 13, 2007, 11:13:16 AM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #4 on: December 13, 2007, 11:13:16 AM

Quote from: red

me, why? im not colour blind lol.

Ahh didnt realise it was a cut/paste - thought that was you writing!

....its still a shame you dont though isnt it?

Serious · **Reply #5 on:** December 13, 2007, 12:06:38 PM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #5 on: December 13, 2007, 12:06:38 PM

Quote from: Rivkid

Quote from: red
me, why? im not colour blind lol.

Ahh didnt realise it was a cut/paste - thought that was you writing!

Would have been easier if he had used quote tags cause thats the way I read it at first, then I realised he would have to be an American :banghead:

red · **Reply #6 on:** December 13, 2007, 12:49:35 PM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #6 on: December 13, 2007, 12:49:35 PM

So any contributions or intelligent discussions?

Eggtastico · **Reply #7 on:** December 13, 2007, 12:58:50 PM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #7 on: December 13, 2007, 12:58:50 PM

Quote from: red

So any contributions or intelligent discussions?

probably not.. especially from you

SteveF · **Reply #8 on:** December 13, 2007, 13:03:50 PM

Re:Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #8 on: December 13, 2007, 13:03:50 PM

Not sure where the discussion would be tbh.

* Lots of people (mainly men are colour blind).
* Red green is the most common.
* Designers do put far too much attention to the problem (remeber studying this nonsense in interaction design and seemed a bit of a way of justifying doing the course which was otherwise pretty pointless/obvious)
* He does not have super powers

Not sure what else there is to debate - he pretty much has it covered in your first post.. Its like saying hot is warmer than cold then asking for a debate on the topic.

red · **Reply #9 on:** December 13, 2007, 13:16:01 PM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #9 on: December 13, 2007, 13:16:01 PM

Quote from: Eggtastico

Quote from: red
So any contributions or intelligent discussions?

probably not.. especially from you

hoho, I see santa has got you cracking terrible jokes, a word of warning however.

serious may look pathetic and old, but he is terribly defensive when people steal his brand of particular sh*ttyness.

I thought people had an opinion on this topic as i thought it was particularly interesting.

Serious · **Reply #10 on:** December 13, 2007, 13:36:29 PM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #10 on: December 13, 2007, 13:36:29 PM

Quote from: red

Quote from: Eggtastico
Quote from: red
So any contributions or intelligent discussions?

probably not.. especially from you

hoho, I see santa has got you cracking terrible jokes, a word of warning however.

serious may look pathetic and old, but he is terribly defensive when people steal his brand of particular sh*ttyness.

I thought people had an opinion on this topic as i thought it was particularly interesting.

So you finally managed to get onto google and typed something in to find that?

Eggtastico · **Reply #11 on:** December 13, 2007, 13:38:27 PM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #11 on: December 13, 2007, 13:38:27 PM

Quote from: red

Quote from: Eggtastico
Quote from: red
So any contributions or intelligent discussions?

probably not.. especially from you

hoho, I see santa has got you cracking terrible jokes, a word of warning however.

serious may look pathetic and old, but he is terribly defensive when people steal his brand of particular sh*ttyness.

I thought people had an opinion on this topic as i thought it was particularly interesting.

Well.. if your colourblind & read the article, it is all bullsh*t.
just cos your red / green colour blind doesnt mean you cant actually see the colours... (well for 99.5% of people) you just have problems diffirentiating (sp) shades of greens & reds.

Look here
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html

I can only see the top left as 25 & the middle right that looks like 56

[size=18]
What Number do you see here?[/size]

I see the number 2

red · **Reply #12 on:** December 13, 2007, 13:50:18 PM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #12 on: December 13, 2007, 13:50:18 PM

Quote from: Eggtastico

Well.. if your colourblind & read the article, it is all bullsh*t.
just cos your red / green colour blind doesnt mean you cant actually see the colours... (well for 99.5% of people) you just have problems diffirentiating (sp) shades of greens & reds.

Look here
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html

I can only see the top left as 25 & the middle right that looks like 56

[size=18]
What Number do you see here?[/size]

I see the number 2

I see the number 5, how is this article bullsh*t? is it just the photoreceptors which split red and green are prehaps confused?

and where did

Quote

99.5% of people

come from?

red · **Reply #13 on:** December 13, 2007, 13:50:43 PM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #13 on: December 13, 2007, 13:50:43 PM

Quote from: Serious

Quote from: red
Quote from: Eggtastico
Quote from: red
So any contributions or intelligent discussions?

probably not.. especially from you

hoho, I see santa has got you cracking terrible jokes, a word of warning however.

serious may look pathetic and old, but he is terribly defensive when people steal his brand of particular sh*ttyness.

I thought people had an opinion on this topic as i thought it was particularly interesting.

So you finally managed to get onto google and typed something in to find that?

No it was getting to many hits from the north of england for me to get on there today, strange that.

Eggtastico · **Reply #14 on:** December 13, 2007, 13:51:56 PM

Interesting article on colour blind folks...

Reply #14 on: December 13, 2007, 13:51:56 PM

Quote from: red

Quote from: Eggtastico

Well.. if your colourblind & read the article, it is all bullsh*t.
just cos your red / green colour blind doesnt mean you cant actually see the colours... (well for 99.5% of people) you just have problems diffirentiating (sp) shades of greens & reds.

Look here
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html

I can only see the top left as 25 & the middle right that looks like 56

[size=18]
What Number do you see here?[/size]

I see the number 2

I see the number 5, how is this article bullsh*t? is it just the photoreceptors which split red and green are prehaps confused?

and where did
Quote
99.5% of people
come from?

go do some research. its like 0.05% of people cant see any red or green.
I can see reds, I can see greens, yet I fail red/green colour tests everytime.

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