Dr. Stéphanie Zwillinger brings her expertise to Santé Magazine. Interviewed by Manon Duran, she enlightens us on color blindness and colors. Continue reading to find out who is most affected and the different types of color blindness. Finally, follow the link to the article!
Color blindness and colors: who is most affected?
Let’s start with a reminder of what color blindness is! Also called dyschromatopsia, it is an anomaly in the perception of colors.
Color blindness and colors: a primarily male condition! This visual peculiarity mainly affects men because of its link with the X chromosome. In fact, we see that approximately 8% of men are affected, compared to only 0.5% of women.
Women, having two X chromosomes, are less likely to be color blind, because a mutation must occur on both chromosomes to manifest the condition.
Color blindness and colors: there are several types of color blindness!
Color blindness makes it difficult to make a difference between certain colors, such as red and green, or sometimes blue and yellow.
It is common to know about the existence of green/red color blindness: the most common forms are deuteranopia (lack of perception of green) and protanopia (lack of perception of red).
However, there are several types, presented in the article from Santé Magazine!
Click on the link below to learn more about color blindness and colors: do they really see in black and white… or is it a cliché?
Discover how we perceive what surrounds us when we are color blind!