Often, parents find out their child is ‘colour blind’ when they begin school. Some parents might worry their child will be disadvantaged as the years go on. But often as it is an inherited condition family support and knowledge can be helpful. At iRo Lenses we believe the term “colour blind” is misleading because it […]
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When asked the question after someone finds out, you can’t see colour, “What colour is the traffic light?” or “What colour is my top?” People think you can’t get your driver’s licence because you can’t see traffic lights, but everyone knows what order they are in, so that is easy to understand even if you […]
We are sorry to say the answer is No!. In most cases, colour vision deficiency is a congenital condition based on an inherited genetic problem due to X chromosomes (read our Blog on this click here). Only some newly discovered form of gene therapy could give normal colour vision. Scientists are currently doing experiments with […]
99% of all colourblind people are not really colour blind but colour deficient; the term colour. Red-green colour blindness is a combination of red-blindness (protan defects) and green-blindness (deutan defects). Colour blindness is more prevalent among males than females, because the most common form of colour vision deficiency is encoded on the X sex chromosome. “What colour is this?” is the most annoying question you can ask your […]
