Color-Blindness
Genetic Disorder Project
Smore by Zach Minemier and Powtoon by Adam Szumski
What is Color-Blindness?
Genetic Facts
- Red-green color blindness is a sex-linked recessive trait. Blue-yellow is autosomal dominant. Red-green is located on X chromosome. Blue-yellow is not located on any particular chromosome.
- Color-blindness is an X-linked disease and is passed on by parents to their kids. Many more men carry this disease than females due to the fact that it is X-linked.
Color Difference
Color Blind Test
Real-Life Situations
Diagnosis and Treatments:
Treatment - If you have inherited this trait, there is no treatment. However if it is caused by something else, you can see an Optometrist or an Ophthalmologist.
Lifestyle and Prognosis:
Prognosis - Color blindness doesn’t affect the life expectancy directly. Can’t tell a difference between colors or colors of dresses which affects their social life.
Fun Facts:
Strongly colorblind people might only be able to tell about 20 hues apart from each other, with normal color vision this number raises to more than 100 different hues.
Ishihara plates are the best known color blindness tests, but they are not the most accurate ones.
About 8% of all men are suffering from color blindness.
99% of all colorblind people are suffering from red-green color blindness.
In certain countries you need normal color vision to get a drivers license.
About 0.5% of all women are suffering from color blindness.
Police officer, firefighter, and airline pilot are the most famous jobs which require normal color vision.
Famous People Who Are Color Blind:
- Bill Clinton
- Howie Mandel
- Jack Nicklaus
- Bing Crosby
- Marco Rubio
- Mark Twain
- Matt Lauer
- Paul Newman
- Prince William
- Meat Loaf
- Mr. Rogers
- Matt Lauer