colour blind

colour blind
(in AM, use color-blind)
1) ADJ: usu v-link ADJ Someone who is colour blind cannot see the difference between colours, especially between red and green.

Sixteen times as many men are colour blind as women.

Derived words:
colour-blindness N-UNCOUNT

What exactly is colour-blindness and how do you find out if you have it?

2) ADJ A colour blind system or organization does not treat people differently according to their race or nationality.

...the introduction of more colour blind anti-poverty programmes...

He said he wanted a color-blind government where everybody's treated the same.


English dictionary. 2008.

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