Color Blindness
Amanda Perdziola
What is Color Blindness?
Does Color Blindness affect the Life Expectancy of an Individual?
Some Different Kinds of Color Blindness
What are Some of the Symptoms?
-low attention span when coloring in worksheets
-denial of color issues
-problems identifying red/green color pencils or any color pencils with red or green in its make up
-smelling food before eating
-identification of color may be worse by low level light,small areas of color, or colors of the same shade
-reading issues with coloring pages or work sheets produced with color on color
-children may complain that their eyes hurt if looking at red or green
-excellent sense of smell
ssensitvity to bright lights
Frequently asked Questions
1 in every 12 men or 1 in every 200 woman
*Is it a recessive, dominant, or sex-linked trait?
sex-linked
*Which chromosome is the gene located on?
on the X-chromosome
*Is color blindness more likely to occur in certain populations?
Men are more likey to get color blindness because inherited color blindness is on the X- chromosome. Since woman have 2 X-chromosomes, one could makeup for the other one with color blindness.
*Are there environmental factors or influences?
Yes things like chronic illness, accidents, medications, industrial or environmental chemicals or age.
What Diagnostic Tests are Preformed to Determine if an Individual has Color Blindness?
Ishihara Test
Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue color vision Test
Color Arrangement Test
Is there any Way to Prevent Color Blindness?
Are there any Support Groups currently in Existence for Color Blindness?
National Federation of the Blind https://nfb.org/
Pa Association for the