English

Alternative forms

• color-blindness, colorblindness
• colour blindness, colour-blindness, colourblindness (British spelling)

Noun

color blindness ‎(plural color blindnesses)

1. (pathology) Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially Achromatopsia, Daltonism.
2. (figuratively) Indifference to a person's skin color or race.
   • 2003, Kimberly L. Ebert, "Demystifying Color-Blind Ideology", in C. Herring et al., Skin Deep: How Race and Complexion Matter in the "Color-Blind" Era, p. 1985:

     Despite the fact that race is embedded in American social life, "color blindness" has recently emerged as the dominant ideology of race.

Derived terms

• red-green color blindness / red-green colour blindness

Translations

See also

• daltonism