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Color blindness?

post #1 of 11
2/19/06 at 10:23pm
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When and how can you tell if a child is color blind? I am concerned because dh is somewhat colorblind and dd is showing signs of possible color blindness too. Like we'll be playing a game of color matching and she'll pick purple instead of yellow. And it's a constant thing not a once in awhile thing. But other colors she will get exactly right. It seems to be the reds and yellows that are the problem. It's not a huge thing on my radar, but I'd like to know more about color blind kids and what to look for.
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post #2 of 11
2/19/06 at 10:32pm
I don't think girls can be color blind. If so, it's primarily a male disorder. I seem to remember learning that it's passed down by the mother but only male offpring actually GET it. Don't quote me on the specifics but I am sure it's a male disorder.

My mom has a cousin wo is colorblind and I went to school with a boy who was also. Green and blue are the colors that get mixed up commonly.
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post #3 of 11
2/19/06 at 11:26pm
women can be color blind but it is rare.

my brother is color blind, he mixes up his browns and greens. street lights were fun when he was learning to drive.

there are some tests that the optometrist can do to figure it out.

logan gets his colors mixed up a lot still too, i just think their memory isn't there fully yet
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post #4 of 11
2/20/06 at 12:23am
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I worked with a woman who was almost completely color blind. It's not an overwhelming concern, but it's there. I can't remember if anyone in my family is or not. Looking back though, I think my sister is slightly.
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post #5 of 11
2/20/06 at 12:46am
my brother was diagnosed at 2, but my dad is an optometrist so it was a bit different, it was dad playing with his kid that discovered the colorblindness
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post #6 of 11
2/20/06 at 11:02am
A few facts on colorblindness that I found...
- First of all most color impaired can see all colors. Very few color blind people can only see in black in white (less than 1%).
- Color blindness is the inability to perceive differences between some colors that other people can distinguish.
- It is most often of genetic nature, but might also occur because of eye, nerve or brain damage or due to use of some chemical substances.
- 5% to 8% of the men and 0.5% of the women of the world are born colorblind.
- A color-defective male always inherits his deficiency from his mother, the mother however is not colorblind

A lot of the men in my family have some degree of colorblindness. Red/Green is the most common followed by Blue/Yellow. However if there is a Blue/Yellow deficit than there is almost always a red/green deficit as well.

I would say that 3 is a bit young to say whether or not she has some or any amount of colorblindness. At that age a lot of children just commonly mistake one color for another. Haley knew red, pink, and blue and would always get those right but every other color would fall into being called red, pink, or blue as well. I would wait and see if she is still having difficulty deciphering the difference after a few months of being in school when most kids have picked up by. It is in no way a debilitating dissorder though and would more just be an interesting and helpful thing to know about her.
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post #7 of 11
2/20/06 at 11:59am
I didn't think girls could get it I don't know though. My dad is color blind and he cannot see red. He also mixes up purple and blue.

My dad is having some special glasses made so that when he goes hunting he can see red That way he doesn't have to drag us out in the middle of the night to go track a deer with him.
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post #8 of 11
2/20/06 at 12:27pm
Ya it's pretty rare for a girl to get it compared to men. If you take her to the eye doctor they'll show her those number pages that are all different colors and you have to pick out the number. So if she can pick out numbers well she could do it. I don't know if they have something for little kids if they can't read numbers well yet

Mike is color blind. He's red/green color blind, his is mostly shades. Olive green is a horrible color, we always argue about it. He says it's brown When we go shopping I just tell him tell me what color you WANT and I'll find it. We do have a friend who can only see yellow, he's the most color blind person I know. My brother is colorblind and so is my dad so any boys we have will probably be somewhat colorblind.
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post #9 of 11
2/20/06 at 12:39pm
Liz does the same thing with red and green....but when we took her for an eye exam she is not colorblind at all......
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post #10 of 11
2/20/06 at 1:08pm
Women can be color blind. It's more prevalent in males, but it's possible for females. My grandfather and his twin sister were both color blind. They were both red/green color blind.
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post #11 of 11
2/20/06 at 3:24pm
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When we play match the colors games, she gets them certain ones wrong. Not completely wrong, just a shade off usually. Her daddy has a slight problem with blue and green. So I thought maybe she could have the same problem. Especially since my sister has a slight color vision problem. It's not a huge thing, but then again when teaching her her colors it would be good to know if she's seeing the colors like I am (no color vision loss before MS). I have a very slight color vision loss now due to eye damage from MS. Before, I had excellent color vision.
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