color blind

Keyser Soze · **color blind -** 08-13-2002, 10:25 AM

since there was such a growing desire for posts on color blindness, im givibng you a changce to post more about being color blind

Data · 08-13-2002, 10:27 AM

I have a slight colorblindness I cant se certain shades of green, red, and blue. I heard this actually allows me to see motion better than a normal human because my mind does not get distracted by colors as much.

Keyser Soze · 08-13-2002, 10:28 AM

hahahah who did you hear that from?

hoonose · 08-13-2002, 10:39 AM

There's 1/2 grain of truth there. The cones are the vision receptors on, mainly, the central retina. They respond more to central, focused vision and color. The rods are more peripherally located, and respond more to grey scale. They are much more sensitive to changes in light intensity, motion, and pattern changes, etc, and respond quicker to any changes than the cones. The ability to see changes quicker, peripherally, is more important, to avoid being ambushed. The rods also work better in darker conditions, being more protective. The color blinded person, however, has defective cones, not extra, or better, rods, centrally. I have never heard of color blind people reacting to motion any differently, or quicker. (My family has alot of color blindness, but not me)
Hoonose, MD.

Keyser Soze · 08-13-2002, 10:40 AM

geez,.. are you an optomotrist or something? you sure do seem to know a lot about eeyes

hoonose · 08-13-2002, 11:40 AM

General Internist, since '76.
Hoonose

Keyser Soze · 08-13-2002, 11:42 AM

there you go!

i jut learned a lot about .. eyes

jimo_soccer · 08-13-2002, 01:32 PM

i have a friend who is color blind but i personally am not.

Texamosix · 08-13-2002, 01:41 PM

[quote="Keyser Soze":1a377]geez,.. are you an optomotrist or something? you sure do seem to know a lot about eeyes[/quote:1a377]

I believe the "MD" would give that away. 8)

Anyways, I'm not color blind, but I have several friends that are. Most are just red-green color blind, but one sees only black and white. By the way, doc, I've had some color blind people tell me they can see in the dark better than people with full color vision (I don't know how they would know this seeing how can't really compare). Is this true?

hoonose · 08-13-2002, 03:57 PM

Hmmmm, don't know....I'll look into it.
Hoonose

r3mix · 08-13-2002, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Texamosix

Most are just red-green color blind,

Makes the universal colours of traffic lights a sort of odd choice dont it?

r3mix

Pfc.Green · **Re: color blind -** 08-13-2002, 11:11 PM

[quote="Keyser Soze":b2bc2]since there was such a growing desire for posts on color blindness, im givibng you a changce to post more about being color blind[/quote:b2bc2]

WE HAVE AN OFFTOPIC FORUM YOU NOOB!!! :evil:

KTOG · 08-13-2002, 11:41 PM

w00t to us color blind people!!! Red, green, purple, blue, yellow sooo many colors sooo many confusions.

-ktog3

08-13-2002, 11:48 PM

when i close my right eye i see the place like all blue, but when i close my left eye the place, it's like red.

hoonose · 08-14-2002, 12:17 AM

You are masturbating way too much.
Hoonose