Color Blindness
Makenzie Smith
Symptoms of Color Blindness
~ Inability to see shades of the same color
~ Rapid eye movement (In rare cases)
~ Sensitivity to bright lights
~ Headaches or pain in the eyes
How does Color Blindness affect everyday life?
Life expectancy - Color Blindness does not lower or raise life expectancy
Difference
Color Palette
Stop Lights
What does it mean to be color blind? - A reduced ability to distinguish between certain colors.
Gene that causes color blindness
Possible treatments for color blindness
~ The second possible treatment is delivering genes that can replace missing color, producing proteins in certain cells
~ The third possible treatment is injecting iodine in the eye
Is there a cure for color blindness?
Other Facts
~ 99% of all color blind people are not really color blind, but color deficient
~ About 8% of all male are color blind
~ Abot 0.5% of women are color blind
~ A father cannot pass his red-green color blindness to his son
Sources
"Color Blindness: MedlinePlus." U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 04 Jan. 2016.
"EnChroma | Color For The Color Blind." EnChroma. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Jan. 2016.
https://nei.nih.gov/health/color_blindness/facts_about
"Facts About Color Blindness." Facts About Color Blindness. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Jan. 2016.
http://www.color-blindness.com/2009/01/06/50-facts-about-color-blindness/
"50 Facts about Color Blindness | Colblindor." Colblindor. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Jan. 2016.