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What does red-green colour blind Mean?


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Red-green colour blind

  1. Colour blindness (colour vision deficit) is a condition in which a person's ability to see colour or colour variations is impaired.
  2. The most prevalent type of colour blindness is red-green colour blindness.
  3. It is a sex-linked recessive condition.
  4. X chromosomes include the genes for red-green colour blindness.
  5. They have trouble distinguishing between red and green colours.
  6. It's caused by a lack of specific colour receptors in the cones or a change in colour receptor sensitivity.
  7. The Ishihara colour perception test is used to diagnose red-green colour deficits.

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