http://www.chron.com/life/health/article/red-green-color-blindness-christmas-holidays-test-12442056.php
What it's like to be red-green color blind during the holidays
Updated 6:38 pm, Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Are you red-green color blind? Take the test from Color-Blind.com
Standard vision: 12
Weak red-green vision: 12
Are you red-green color blind? Take the test from Color-Blind.com
Standard vision: 12
Weak red-green vision: 12
Standard vision: 5
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 5
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 2
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 2
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 73
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 73
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: Nothing
Weak red-green vision: 5
Standard vision: Nothing
Weak red-green vision: 5
Standard vision: 97
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 97
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 74
Weak red-green vision: 21
Standard vision: 74
Weak red-green vision: 21
Standard vision: 6
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 6
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 3
Weak red-green vision: 5
Standard vision: 3
Weak red-green vision: 5
Standard vision: 15
Weak red-green vision: 17
Standard vision: 15
Weak red-green vision: 17
Standard vision: 42
Weak red-green vision: 4 or 2
Standard vision: 42
Weak red-green vision: 4 or 2
Standard vision: 5
Weak red-green vision: 2
Standard vision: 5
Weak red-green vision: 2
Standard vision: 16
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 16
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 57
Weak red-green vision: 35
Standard vision: 57
Weak red-green vision: 35
Standard vision: 7
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 7
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 2 lines
Weak red-green vision: 1 line
Standard vision: 2 lines
Weak red-green vision: 1 line
Standard vision: 8
Weak red-green vision: 3
Standard vision: 8
Weak red-green vision: 3
Standard vision: Nothing
Weak red-green vision: 45
Standard vision: Nothing
Weak red-green vision: 45
Standard vision: 6
Weak red-green vision: 5
Standard vision: 6
Weak red-green vision: 5
Standard vision: 45
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 45
Weak red-green vision: Nothing
Standard vision: 29
Weak red-green vision: 70
Standard vision: 29
Weak red-green vision: 70
Standard vision: 35
Weak red-green vision: 3 or 5
Standard vision: 35
Weak red-green vision: 3 or 5
Standard vision: 96
Weak red-green vision: 9 or 6
Standard vision: 96
Weak red-green vision: 9 or 6
Standard vision: 2 lines
Weak red-green vision: 1 line
Standard vision: 2 lines
Weak red-green vision: 1 line
Standard vision: Nothing
Weak red-green vision: 2
Standard vision: Nothing
Weak red-green vision: 2
Standard vision: 26
Weak red-green vision: 2 or 6
Standard vision: 26
Weak red-green vision: 2 or 6
Red and green have long been the traditional colors of Christmas, thanks in large part, to holly, poinsettias and fir trees. But those colors aren't as vivid, and in some cases, not distinguishable to some of the population.
Red-green is the most common type of of hereditary color-blindness in people, according to the National Eye Institute (NEI) in Bethesda, Maryland.
As many as 8 percent of men and .5 percent of women with Northern European ancestry have this form of color blindness, NEI added.
Dr. Wadih Zein, who has been an ophthalmologist for 14 years, prefers to call these disorders color vision deficits since "patients have varying degrees" of blindness, he told Chron.com.
HEAVY LIFT: Woman caught on video stealing two giant, $400 nutcracker statues from Houston-area home
"Some patients have it so bad that they have difficulties with traffic lights; the colors will look grayish," Zein added.
Trending Health News
-
Now PlayingGovernment Lifts Ban to Allow Deadly Viruses to be Created Wibbitz
- Health department interim commissioner address investigation KOCO
- Woman describes chaotic scene of fast-food restaurant shooting WLWT
- Orlando to study if driverless buses can make the grade OrlandoSentinel
- How to Make Tricolor Beet and Carrot Salad CookLightTime
- FOX 10 holiday food drive for St. Vincent de Paul Fox10Phoenix
- The Return of $5 Footlongs from Subway Is Causing Plenty of Fast Food Intrigue FAWTime
- Boston's North End residents demand solutions for rodent problems WCVB
- Here’s The One Drink You Should Order On An Airplane SLivingTime
- How to Make White Bean Soup with Garlicky Croutons CookLightTime
Red-green color blindness is broadly organized into four types, protanomaly, protanopia, deuteranomaly, and deuteranopia, all of which have to do with how the cones in the eye function. Cones "contain photopigment molecules that undergo a chemical change when they absorb light," according to NEI.
GET IN THE SPIRIT: Houston couple still rebuilding from Hurricane Harvey turns a ladder into a Christmas tree
"Simple everyday tasks like cooking meat to the desired color or selecting ripe produce can be a challenge for adults" living with color blindness, NEI said. "Children might find food without bright color as less appetizing. Traffic lights pose challenges, since they have to be read by the position of the light."
Swipe through the gallery above to see if you may suffer from some sort of color blindness.
Fernando Alfonso III is a digital reporter at Chron.com. You can read more of his stories here and follow him on twitter at @fernalfonso. If you also like surreal GIFs and Polaroids, go here and here.
