color-blind person
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- noun
- /ˈkʌlərˌblaɪnd ˈpɜrsən/
- US
- Are color-blind people more apt to be skeptics?
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Watch on YouTubeDogs, for instance, see only two kinds of colors, like colour blind people see basically only two kinds of colours.
- Dogs, for instance, see only two kinds of colors, like colour blind people see basically only two kinds of colours.
- It'd be like talking to a color blind person about color.
Examples
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I thought color-blind people couldn't see red or green or brown or something like that.
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It'd be like talking to a color blind person about color.
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Dogs, for instance, see only two kinds of colors, like colour blind people see basically only two kinds of colours.
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As a partially color-blind person, this business of color is of particular interest to me.
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We must be some of the most color-blind people in America, lol.
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However, to a color-blind person it's "grey," and to a French person it's "rouge."
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A color-blind person may struggle to differentiate between red and green traffic lights.
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When choosing clothes, a color-blind person might need help to ensure they match well.
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Many color-blind people find it challenging to enjoy artworks that rely heavily on color contrast.
Synonyms
A person who sees only two main colors, for example red and green
Surface Forms
Morphology
color-blind + person
The compound 'color-blind' is directly built from 'color' (hue) + 'blind' (unable to see), so a B1 learner who knows those words can infer it means unable to perceive or distinguish certain colors; adding 'person' simply refers to someone with that condition. This compositional pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically recognizable, making the overall meaning predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Color-blind person comes from the words color and blind. Here blind means 'not able to see' certain colors, so a color-blind person is someone who 'cannot tell some colors' like red and green.