green-blindness
- noun
- /ˈɡrinˌblaɪndnəs/
- Specialized
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daltónismo
- Her green-blindness makes it hard for her to tell green apples from red ones.
Examples
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Many people with green-blindness struggle to see traffic lights.
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People with green-blindness often have difficulty choosing matching clothes.
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Genetic testing revealed his green-blindness, explaining his trouble with certain traffic lights.
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He was diagnosed with green-blindness last year.
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His green-blindness prevents him from distinguishing different shades of green in nature.
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Due to her green-blindness, she often mixes up green vegetables with purplish-red ones.
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Many children with green-blindness may have trouble identifying colors during art class.
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 it hard to tell green from red or purple
Difficulty telling red and green colors apart
A vision problem that makes red and green look similar
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 where a person sees fewer colors and often confuses red and green
A vision condition where a person can match any colour using only two colours of light instead of three
A problem where a person cannot tell some colors apart, often red and green
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Green-blindness is formed from the two simple parts green and blindness, where blindness means 'not able to see'. So green-blindness is when someone cannot see green well and often confuses green with red or purple, which explains trouble with traffic lights or matching clothes.