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yellow-blue color blindness

yellow-blue color blindness

6.0
A condition that makes it hard to tell yellow and blue apart
  • noun
  • /ˈjɛloʊ bluː ˈkʌlər ˈblaɪndnəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ceguera amarilla-azul
  • People with yellow-blue color blindness often struggle to tell the difference between blue sky and yellow flowers.

Examples

  • He was tested for yellow-blue color blindness after repeatedly mistaking blue for yellow.

  • The diagnosis of yellow-blue color blindness can impact a person's career choice, especially in fields requiring color discrimination.

  • A special test was administered to determine whether he had yellow-blue color blindness.

  • She has yellow-blue color blindness.

  • Is yellow-blue color blindness common?

  • People with yellow-blue color blindness often confuse yellow traffic lights with blue ones.

  • The teacher explained the challenges of yellow-blue color blindness when mixing paints.

Synonyms

color blindness
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • US
1 3.7

Not able to tell some colors, often red and green

narrows this idea to the common confusion of two particular hues
yellow-blue dichromacy
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

Difficulty seeing the difference between yellow and blue

is the broader everyday label for difficulty with those two hues
tritanopia
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

A rare kind of color blindness that makes blue and yellow hard to tell apart

describes the same mixing problem without naming the specific cause
blue-blindness
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

Difficulty telling blue and yellow colors apart

refers to the general problem of confusing those two hues
yellow-blindness
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

A condition in which a person cannot see yellow colors well

covers confusion between the pair without focusing on one hue loss
tetartanopia
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

A rare eye condition that makes yellow colors hard to see

describes difficulty with both hues rather than a single hue loss
color vision deficiency
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
5.0

A problem where a person cannot tell some colors apart, often red and green

names the specific trouble with that particular pair of hues
dichromatopsia
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

A condition where a person sees fewer colors and often confuses red and green

focuses specifically on confusing the two particular hues rather than receptors
dichromacy
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

A condition where a person sees colors with only two types of cells, making red and green hard to tell

is about the specific perceptual confusion between a particular hue pair
dichromia
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

A color vision problem where a person sees only two colors and uses two types of light to match others

concerns the real-world difficulty telling that specific pair of hues apart
dichromatism
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

A condition in which a person sees colors using only two kinds of light instead of three

is the applied label for trouble distinguishing the two specific hues
dichromasy
vsyellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
9.9

A vision condition where a person can match any colour using only two colours of light instead of three

points to the everyday perception problem with that particular hue pair

Antonyms

1 2.5

To see and tell different colors with your eyes

How Sensitive

color vision
  • US
1 2.5
yellow-blue color blindness
  • Specialized
6.0
color blindness
  • US
1 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

yellow-blue + color + blindness

The phrase is a straightforward composition: 'yellow-blue' names the two hues, combined with 'color' and 'blindness' to mean an inability to distinguish those colors. A B1 learner who knows the words 'yellow', 'blue', 'color', and 'blindness' can readily infer this clinical meaning because the construction is fully compositional and follows common adjective + noun patterns.

Etymology

Yellow-blue color blindness is named for the two colors people with the condition often mix up: they confuse yellow and blue, so a blue sky or a yellow flower can look wrong. That's why the name describes the specific kind of color confusion a person has.