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Color Blindness

Color blindness is otherwise known as color vision deficiency. It is a condition where there is decreased ability to differentiate specific colors. The causes are eye diseases, genetic causes, and medications. There is no treatment for inherited color blindness. If it occurs due to any health condition, then it is managed based on the cause.

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Is it possible to have color blind to the color black?

Query: Hi doctor,Is it possible to be color blind to the color black? Like seeing a different color other than black?  Read Full »


Dr. Manjunath Natarajan

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. No, you cannot be color-blind to black or shades of grey. Congenital color blindness (patients have it since birth) can be one of three types. Firstly it can be protanopia which is colorblind to red and its shades.Next it can be deuteranopia that is to shades of green ...  Read Full »

Can one be color blind if one has 20/20 vision?

Query: Hello doctor, Can one be color blind if one has 20/20 vision?  Read Full »


Dr. Magalage Thilanka Kashyapa Perera

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Well, to your knowledge color blindness and color deficiency are two different things. You gain color vision due to cone cells in your retina. True color blinds see only black and white. They have no cones or only blue cones. This is rare, and they do not have 20/20 ...  Read Full »

What causes color blindness?

Query: Hi doctor, Can color blindness gets generated by means of other issue or problem except birth? Is there any remedy for it?  Read Full »


Dr. Asif Manzoor

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, there are other causes in which color vision could get affected other than congenital or birth causes. Optic nerve damage manifest with abnormal color vision. There may me optic neuritis (inflammation of optic nerve most commonly related to multiple sclerosis), opt...  Read Full »

Is there a way to treat color blindness with medicines?

Query: Hello doctor, Six years ago, I noticed that I have color blindness. Can this be corrected? Or will it remain forever? If correction is possible then how can it be? Kindly help.  Read Full »


Dr. Dadapeer. K

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Color blindness is of two types, congenital and acquired. The congenital one is present from birth and can be noticed in adult life. There is no treatment for this type of color blindness. The acquired type is seen in diseases affecting the optic nerve and the treatm...  Read Full »

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