Daltonism
- noun
- /ˈdɔltəˌnɪzəm/
- Archaic
:
daltonismo
- His daltonism caused him to confuse purplish-red and green colors in paintings.
Examples
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Many people with daltonism struggle to differentiate between green traffic lights and red ones.
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Hemophilia and daltonism are mentioned, but not syphilis.
Academic text (1990) -
Some kind of racial daltonism?
Blog text (11) -
Due to daltonism, she found it challenging to select matching clothes during shopping.
Synonyms
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Not able to tell some colors, often red and green
A condition that makes it hard to see the difference between red and green colors
A condition that makes green look like red
Difficulty telling red and green colors apart
A vision problem that makes red and green look similar
A problem where a person cannot tell some colors apart, often red and green
A condition where a person sees fewer colors and often confuses red and green
A condition where a person sees colors with only two types of cells, making red and green hard to tell
A color vision problem where a person sees only two colors and uses two types of light to match others
A condition in which a person sees colors using only two kinds of light instead of three
A vision condition where a person can match any colour using only two colours of light instead of three
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Morphology
Etymology
Daltonism is named after the English scientist John Dalton, who noticed he 'saw colors differently' and studied his own vision. That's why Daltonism means a kind of 'color blindness' that makes it hard to tell green from purplish-red.