color blindness
noun
inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
complete inability to distinguish colors of the spectrum, with all objects appearing as shades of gray, black, and white, varying only as to lightness and darkness; achromatopsia.
Origin of color blindness
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby color blindness
coloptosis,
colopuncture,
coloquintida,
color,
color bar,
color blindness,
color charge,
color chart,
color circle,
color code,
color filter
Example sentences from the Web for color blindness
Medical definitions for color blindness
color blindness
n.
Deficiency of color perception, whether hereditary or acquired, partial or complete.