color blindness

Meaning

  1. (US, countable, uncountable) Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia, Daltonism.
  2. (US, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Indifference to a person's skin color or race.

Synonyms

color vision deficiency

colour vision deficiency

monochromia

monochromasy

monochromatic vision

Etymology

color blind + -ness or color + blindness

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