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Color Blindness is a condition where certain colors of the color spectrum cannot be distinguished.
 * What exactly is color blindness?**

kinda, yes, and no. Color Blindness is an inherited trait. It is **NOT** contagious and usually people don't even realize they have it until a late age.
 * Can i develop it? Am i born with it? Is it contagious? **

Red/Green are the colors that are affected 99% of the time. Blue/Yellow could also be affected, but less than 1% of people with color blindness have a blue/yellow distinguishing problem. Seeing in black in white only is **EXTREMELY RARE** and less than .5% of people with color blindness see in only black and white.
 * What kind of colors are affected by color blindness? **

**Just a couple frustrations that come with being color blind:**
 * No weather channel, the colors that move across the screen are mostly green!
 * Like sitting on the beach with your girlfriend? Well you better be careful! The sun's rays will burn you and you won't notice till your red hot!
 * Do you pick your own clothes out in the morning? Well unless you want everyone to laugh at you at school or work you better get help!
 * The delightful culinary arts! Most color blind individuals cannot determine between spices, fruits, and whether or not meat is well done or still raw!

** In other words, how exactly did i become color blind and what exactly is it? ** Well, defective color vision can occur due to another eye disorder. But the majority of color blind cases are hereditary. They are almost always present at birth. The human eye sees by using light to stimulate the retina, (which is a neuro-membrane lining the back of inside the eye). The retina is made up of Rods and Cones. The cones let us perceive color during the day. People that have normal cones and color vision can see see all colors and small mixtures of them by using cones. These cones are very sensative to one of three wavelengths of light, Red, green, and blue. A small color deficiency occurs when one or more of the cones functions poorly. A more serious case of color deficiency happens when one or more cones do not function at all.

**Whose most likely to get it? Or does it not differ?** Males are more likely to have color blindness. This is because Males have XY chromosomes, and women have YY chromosomes. Color blindness is carried through an X chromosome. Females can be carriers of it, but mostly males are affected by it. This __does't__ mean you __can't__ get it ladies!

The BIGGEST misconception of being color blind is that its like watching a black and white tv. That is NOT true. There is very rarely ever anyone that is black/white color blind. There are different degrees of color blindness, but really, they are "color deficiencies." No can truely be blind to all colors. If you or a loved one think you may be color blind, take the color blindness test displayed in this video! media type="custom" key="3622799" Heath, Diana H. "About Color Blindness." __About Color Blindness__. 8 Apr. 2009 []. **
 * Citations:


 * "Color Blindness Test." __Color Blindness Test__. Ed. VladimirWlado. 18 Feb. 2008. 8 May 2008 .**


 * "Why are you color blind?" __Color Blind Homepage__. Ed. Terrace L. Waggoner. 8 Apr. 2009. **

**Bailey, Gretchyn, and Vance Thompson. "Color Blindness." __All About Vision__. 2000. 8 Apr. 2009.**