COLOR BLINDNESS IS AN INHERITED DEFECT OF VISION, RESULTING IN A PERSON'S INABILITY TO
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SPECIFIC COLORS.
PARTIAL COLOR BLINDNESS IS MORE COMMON THAN TOTAL COLOR BLINDNESS, IN WHICH A PERSON SEES EVERYTHING AS SHADES OF GRAY
(GREY). THE MOST COMMON FORM OF PARTIAL
COLOR BLINDNESS LEADS TO INABILITY TO
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RED AND GREEN AND RARELY BETWEEN BLUE AND YELLOW.
COLOR BLINDNESS IS A FAIRLY COMMON CONDITION
WHICH OCCURS MORE IN MEN THAN WOMEN, BUT IT IS
RARELY A SERIOUS DISADVANTAGE TO THOSE AFFECTED.
APPROXIMATELY ONE IN 20 MEN AND ONE IN 200 WOMEN ARE AFFECTED .SOME STUDIES SUGGEST THAT ABOUT EIGHT PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S MALE POPULATION AND LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF FEMALE
POPULATION ARE AFFECTED .MANY PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE THEY ARE COLOR BLIND UNTIL THEIR EYES HAVE BEEN TESTED .
THE RETINA COMPROMISES TWO TYPES OF PHOTORECEPTORS , RODS AND CONES. ALTHOUGH THE RODS ARE MORE NUMEROUS, SOME 120 MILLION, AND ARE MORE SENSITIVE THAN THE CONES, THEY ARE NOT HOW-EVER, SENSITIVE TO COLOR. RODS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR VISION AT LOW LIGHT LEVELS
(SCOTOPIC VISION) AND THEY DO NOT MEDITATE COLOR VISION AND HAVE A LOW SPATIAL ACUITY THE SIX OR SEVEN MILLION CONES THAT PROVIDE THE EYE'S COLOR SENSITIVITY ARE MUCH MORE CONCENTRATED IN THE CENTRAL YELLOW SPOT KNOWN AS THE MACULA.
BEING ACTIVE AT HIGHER LIGHT LEVELS (PHOTOPIC VISION) CONES ARE CAPABLE OF COLOR VISION AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGH SPATIAL ACUITY. IN SIMPLE TERMS IT MAY BE SAID THAT CONES REQUIRE BRIGHTER LIGHT TO FUNCTION THAN RODS.
RED ,GREEN AND HAVE THEIR CORRESPONDING WAVELENGTHS . RED WAVELENGTHS ARE LONGEST, FOLLOWED BY GREEN WAVELENGTHS (MEDIUM) AND BLUE COLOR IS MADE UP OF SHORTER WAVELENGTHS .
THEY ARE RED , BLUE AND GREEN CONES WHICH ARE SENSITIVE TO THOSE COLORS AND COMBINATIONS OF THEM. IF THE CONES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY OR IF THERE IS NO RIGHT COMBINATION, THE BRAIN DOES NOT GET THE RIGHT MESSAGE ABOUT THE COLORS YOU ARE SEEING.
THE VISIBLE COLORS FROM SHORTEST TO LONGEST WAVELENGTH ARE VIOLET, BLUE , GREEN , YELLOW , ORANGE AND RED.
THE VISIBLE RED LIGHT HAVING A WAVELENGTH OF ABOUT 650 NANOMETERS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRESENCE OF RED OR ORANGE COLOR AT SUNRISE AND SUNSET, BECAUSE THE WAVELENGTHS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE COLORS ARE LESS EFFICIENTLY SCATTERED BY THE ATMOSPHERE THAN THE SHORTER WAVELENGTH COLORS SUCH AS BLUE OR PURPLE.
THE VISIBLE GREEN LIGHT HAVING A WAVELENGTH OF ABOUT 510 NM MAKES THE GRASS APPEAR GREEN BECAUSE ALL THE COLORS IN THE VISIBLE PART OF SPECTRUM ARE ABSORBED INTO THE LEAVES OF THE GRASS APPEARS GREEN
THE VISIBLE BLUE LIGHT HAVING A WAVELENGTH OF ABOUT 475 NM ARE SCATTERED MORE EFFICIENTLY BY THE MOLECULES IN THE ATMOSPHERE WHICH CAUSE THE SKY TO APPEAR BLUE.
PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN BLIND DO NOT SEE IMAGES IN DREAMS, BUT HAVE DREAMS VIVID INVOLVING THEIR OTHER SENSES OF SOUND, SMELL, TOUCH AND EMOTION.
COLOR BLINDNESS CAUSED BY A DISEASE OF THE RETINA OR OPTIC NERVE IS PROGRESSIVE AND ASSOCIATED WITH A GENERAL DETERIORATION OF VISION, UNLIKE INHERITED VARIETY WHERE THE ABILITY TO SEE DETAIL IS UNAFFECTED AND THE CONDITION NEVER WORSEN.IT IS TESTED WITH ISHIHARA CHART NORMALLY THEIR ARE MEANS OF TESTING COLOUR BLINDNESS.
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