How the Color Deficient Person Sees the World

Normal-map-view

Protanope-map-view

Deuteranope-map-view

Tritanope-map-view

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This is how numbers look to a dichromate (only two photopigments) on a color vision test.

Tritan is not included because it is extremely rare.

Normal
Normal-number-test

Protanope
Protanope-number-test

Deuteranope
Deuteranope-number-test

This is how numbers look to an anomalous trichromate (three photopigments, one pigment is just a little off) on a color vision test. The defect is not as severe compared to a dichromate. In fact, some of the test numbers can be seen by an anomalous trichromate.

Normal
Normal-number-circle

Protanope
Protanope-number-circle

Deuteranope
Deuteranope-number-circle

 

This is how objects look to a dichromate

Normal Parachute

Protanope-parachute

Deuteranope-parachute

Normal Lights
Dichromat-lights
Normal-leafs
Dichromat-leafs
Normal-color-girl
Dichromat-color-girl

The source of the last three pictures is critiquewall.com by Paul Martin
Click here to take a test by Jay Neitz. See how well you can identify objects if you were colorblind.

Click here to see how color deficient people see colored palettes.

Reference: This page was designed using the color filter from http://colorfilter.wickline.org