How does being colorblind impact one’s life?
                     HOW DOES 
BEING 
COLORBLIND 
IMPACT 
ONE’S LIFE?
Introduction
• People with colour vision deficiency can see 
colour, but their colour perception is limited and 
inaccurate. 
• This makes it difficult for them to distinguish the 
many shades, tones and hues which most of us 
take for granted, impacting much more than just 
their career choices.
Source: chiclivingmagazine.com
Driving 
• Although the position of the traffic light makes it 
possible for people with colour blindness to 
distinguish between red, green and amber 
signals, this can become a lot more difficult in 
wet and/or rainy conditions.
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Grocery Shopping
• How would you know if those bananas or 
apricots are ripe, without colour to guide you?
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Eating
• Colour vision deficiency may mean that food 
looks repulsive, rather than appetising. In fact, 
colour blind children often complain that food 
looks like poo! You can experience what food 
and other common objects look like to the 
colour blind on this website.
Source: chiclivingmagazine.com
Reading charts and graphs 
• Colour coding is next to useless if you are colour 
blind – so if you are creating graphs or charts,  
make sure you add patterns, to make it easier 
for colour blind people to read them accurately.
Source: chiclivingmagazine.com
Video Games
• Just like charts and graphs, the colours used in 
video games appear extremely limited, meaning 
that important features don’t stand out.
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Facial Expressions 
• A lot of interpersonal communication relies on 
non-verbal cues – including colour. Imagine 
being a parent, and unable to tell if your child is 
flushed with fever or sunburned, or pale and 
about to faint?
Source: chiclivingmagazine.com
How Modern Technology can 
help the Colour Blind
• While there is no cure for colour blindness, those 
affected learn to adapt to their condition in 
various ways.
• There have also been great strides in technology 
in recent years, meaning that colour blind 
individuals can now access apps on their mobile 
devices, or visit an optometrist to get colour 
blind glasses.
Source: chiclivingmagazine.com
How Modern Technology can 
help the Colour Blind Cont.
• Although being colour blind could be considered 
to be a disability, it’s not all negative.
• Colour blind individuals for example, can often 
see what is camouflaged to those with regular 
vision – for example, when analysing aerial 
photos of enemy territory!
Source: chiclivingmagazine.com
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