Colour Blindness Awareness

[Parasondox]

Afternoon to all, Morning to some and "Go to bed" to those down under,

I never really knew how much this affected people, well men. Something that isn't talked about much in the media but really common among men.

People with colour vision deficiency are unable to see some colours clearly and accurately.
They may find it difficult to distinguish between different colours.
For example, reds, oranges, yellows, browns and greens may all appear to be a similar colour to someone with a red-green deficiency.
Other types of colour vision deficiency may make it difficult to identify pale or deep colours, particularly if the light is poor.
In many cases, completely different colours may appear to be the same ? for example, people often confuse red with black.
Colour vision deficiency is often referred to as colour blindness. However, in true colour blindness, no colour can be seen at all. As this is very rare, colour vision deficiency is a more appropriate description.
Colour vision deficiency can vary in severity. Some people are unaware they have a colour deficiency until they have a colour vision test.

Source: NHS UK website

The paragraph above was just the first section of the page about colour blindness and how it works. I will put the link below. The reason why I have brought this up is because as many, I was unaware and pretty much ignorant about how colour blindness effects so many and not knowing much about it. At the moment I am doing more research about it and the most media news that highlighted this was a football (soccer) game from last week. One team's kit was red and the other was green. This caused a headache for many with colour blindness and many believes that there needs to be more awareness. Why isn't there much aware about it? Maybe companies, if they haven't done so already, should some how help those who suffer from it but would that be more harder to do?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpools-champions-league-return-leaves-4279195
http://metro.co.uk/2014/09/18/colourblind-liverpool-fans-left-baffled-by-reds-champions-league-clash-with-ludogorets-4873596/

Sources: Daily Mirror UK and Metro UK.

For those who suffer from colour blindness, what is your take and thoughts on this matter? Also if you know anyone who suffers from this, how do they cope and family and friends around them cope. Personally I would like to know more about it cause it's something that isn't talked about much.

Thank you.

NHS Colour Blindness page: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Colour-vision-deficiency/Pages/Introduction.aspx

 

[The Lunatic]

Well, I think the question everyone wants to know is, Do you have a flag? And if so, what colours are they?

 

[Thaluikhain]

As an aside, when the US railway people decided on red for stop and green for go, they apparently knew about problems with red-green colour blindness, only those were the lights they could make at the time.

But yeah, it's one of those things most people take for granted, and make things difficult for people that isn't the case for out of ignorance.

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

As an aside...

If anyone hasn't taken the online color challenge [http://www.xrite.com/online-color-test-challenge]
It's a really interesting test that gives you a score on how well you can see certain colors and what part of the color spectrum you have the most difficulty with.

In some countries, blue is used rather than green on traffic lights.

Also employers should be more accommodating to color blind people. My uncle is a supervisor for a landscaping company, one of their employees were doing wiring (you know if you get this wrong you can electrocute yourself), when my uncle asked him why he was doing it so completely wrong, he confessed that he was color blind. I can see though why a person who is colorblind might not opt to share that information for fear of not getting the job.

 

[Username Redacted]

If I'm recalling this correctly then I believe that Bioshock 2 may be nearly unbeatable for someone who is colorblind as the hacking mini-game manages to incorporate red, green, blue and orange and requires decent precision to avoid setting off alarms.

 

[Padwolf]

Well I am not colour blind, but my boyfriend is. He copes just fine with it all. However everyone gets on his nerves around him when they pick something up in a random colour and asks "What does this look like to you?" it's not how it works and it frustrates him that not enough people understand that.

 

[Parasondox]

Well I am not colour blind, but my boyfriend is. He copes just fine with it all. However everyone gets on his nerves around him when they pick something up in a random colour and asks "What does this look like to you?" it's not how it works and it frustrates him that not enough people understand that.

I'm guilty when it comes to asking stupid questions like that. When I asked a college mate about "What colour do you see when you see this", I can hint the frustration in his voice and face. They are tired of that question. There should be more awareness and knowledge so more people can understand and not assume something that is incorrect.

 

[PsychicTaco115]

Hey man, get your own week! Bisexuals already claimed it yo

http://www.autostraddle.com/its-bisexual-awareness-week-here-are-five-ways-to-celebrate-255663/

We seriously need better planners for this >.<

 

[Parasondox]

Hey man, get your own week! Bisexuals already claimed it yo

http://www.autostraddle.com/its-bisexual-awareness-week-here-are-five-ways-to-celebrate-255663/

We seriously need better planners for this >.<

I had no clue it was bi sexual awareness week lol. Don't each week have a specifically dedicated week to something?

 

[PsychicTaco115]

I had no clue it was bi sexual awareness week lol. Don't each week have a specifically dedicated week to something?

I have no idea at this point

Fuck it, let's just add some colorblind bisexuals...

Is there ANY other things we're missing for diversity? Any at all? Speak now or forever hold your peace

 

[seris]

i have red-green colour deficiency, and it really doesnt hinder me all that much. i can still see the clear difference between them, but in certain games i have to turn on color blindness assist so i can distinguish HUD objects on the screen easier.

 

[Parasondox]

i have red-green colour deficiency, and it really doesnt hinder me all that much. i can still see the clear difference between them, but in certain games i have to turn on color blindness assist so i can distinguish HUD objects on the screen easier.

May I ask, if i don't come across as stupid, but what games, if you remember, would cause that issue for you?

 

[seris]

May I ask, if i don't come across as stupid, but what games, if you remember, would cause that issue for you

mainly the battlefield games, it makes distinguishing squadmates and enemies difficult (the doritos above their heads are green and red)

 

[Parasondox]

May I ask, if i don't come across as stupid, but what games, if you remember, would cause that issue for you

mainly the battlefield games, it makes distinguishing squadmates and enemies difficult (the doritos above their heads are green and red)

Okay, now that sounds like a pain. Maybe more game developers should be made aware of this. Some might do so already but not all.

 

[Parasondox]

I had no clue it was bi sexual awareness week lol. Don't each week have a specifically dedicated week to something?

I have no idea at this point

Fuck it, let's just add some colorblind bisexuals...

Is there ANY other things we're missing for diversity? Any at all? Speak now or forever hold your peace

Lefties? As in left handed people. I dunno.

 

[seris]

Okay, now that sounds like a pain. Maybe more game developers should be made aware of this. Some might do so already but not all.

its not really that big of a pain, one thing dice is good at doing is making sure the battlefield games have very extensive color blindness assists (like 4 different pallete changes)

 

[Eleuthera]

I've never had any "big" problems with my being colourblind. My childhood dream of becoming a (fighter)-pilot were dashed early on and I was told I'd never be able to be an electrical engineer (but I wasn't planning to anyway).

However this last year I've discovered another inconvenience, I've been sick and in hospital quite a bit, and regularly get the question if there's been any blood in my stool... I can't tell the difference between red and brown, so really my only option is to ask someone else to take a look at my poop. When in the hospital this isn't too big a problem, the nurses are somewhat used to that. My roommate however would prefer different questions (luckily for him this has been rare)

 

[Aerosteam]

Hi, I suffer from colourblindness, if you have any questions feel free to ask.

(Unless it's "What colour is this?", you can fuck off if that's the case.)

 

[Parasondox]

Hi, I suffer from colourblindness, if you have any questions feel free to ask.

(Unless it's "What colour is this?", you can fuck off if that's the case.)

Thank you and don't worry, no silly questions like that. How and when did you find out about the condition?

 

[Aerosteam]

How and when did you find out about the condition?

I was in like late primary school. It was during a visit to the opticians to get my new glasses (I'm shortsighted) where I as told to identify the number in the picture and also mention which black circle with a certain colour of background was more blurry or something like that. It was quite a number of years ago so I don't know how it went but I'm sure I did pretty badly.

When the test ended the optician guy removed his glasses, looked at me and said "Jacob, I'm sorry to tell you that you are suffering from red-green colourblindness." He then told me about it like how I got it etc.

Finding out that it's something a lot of people have and I wasn't just weird was very relieving.