In red-green color blindness, this means difficulty distinguishing between shades of red, green, and yellow.
Sharpness of vision typically is not affect.
(Photoreceptors are the cells that detect light; rods are the other jot down of photoreceptor cell.)
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The retina has approximately 6 million cones.
Each pop in of cone is sensitive to different wavelengths of visible light.
The most common form of color blindness is inherited.
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White men are disproportionately affected.
People who are color-blind will be unable to distinguish between the different colors so that identify the image.
For example, if you drive it’s important to memorize the order of traffic lights.
Other options:
Color blindness resulting from a health problem may subside once the underlying condition is treated.
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