Color Blindness among the Peacocks

mensimageconsultant · Mar 19, 2008

First, please read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_b...ss#By_etiology

Because in another thread, some people brought it up as hindrance to style development, this is checking if people who dress elaborately (many of you Streetwear regulars) are very unlikely to have color blindness. Now, please be polled

atomicranch · Mar 19, 2008

Guilty as charged. I'm comfortable buying individual pieces, but sometimes have problems putting them all together. When I do, I consult a friend of mine.

tagutcow · Mar 19, 2008

Originally Posted by atomicranch

Guilty as charged. I'm comfortable buying individual pieces, but sometimes have problems putting them all together. When I do, I consult a friend of mine.

Â You wouldn't have to worry about that if you were a goth ninja!

mensimageconsultant · Mar 20, 2008

Thanks for the good sample size. That's surprising, a higher percentage than in the general population. Maybe people are coming to websites like this as a compensation and prefer to not mention their difficulty telling colors apart.

To anyone who is willing to confess color blindness, before looking at the wiki page (if you did), did you know that there are prescription lenses to improve color vision? Has anyone tried them? How helpful are they with clothing colors?

LabelKing · Mar 20, 2008

Your polls are truly inane.

skunkworks · Mar 20, 2008

I voted in this poll, and yeah, I'm very red-green colorblind. Try not to put too much stock into a poll like this though because you'll tend to get a disproportionate amount of colorblind people to click on a thread like this (i.e. selection bias).

As an aside, I tried the prescription lenses once. My mom brought me a pair and I took a look at some of the color dot tests -- didn't really help.

mensimageconsultant · Mar 20, 2008

"Selection bias" - good term to remember. On the other hand, the prediction was that very few Streetwear regulars have color blindness, so there's probably something more than selection bias to the results.

There are various kinds of lenses. Maybe some help more than others. Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience.

denimdestroyedmylife · Mar 21, 2008

So I just took some color tests and passed; I am not color blind. Then I took a reverse color blind test and also passed (only the color blind should be able to read the word in the color plate); therefore I AM color blind?

Brian SD · Mar 21, 2008

What word was in the reverse color blind test, ddml? I can almost make out "30" but even when I greyscaled it in photoshop, I still can't see it.

denimdestroyedmylife · Mar 21, 2008

Karo · Mar 21, 2008

I am not, I was tested for it before I was hired at a quality assurance company.

atomicranch · Mar 21, 2008

Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife

So I just took some color tests and passed; I am not color blind.
Then I took a reverse color blind test and also passed (only the color blind should be able to read the word in the color plate); therefore I AM color blind?

Unless you have a calibrated monitor, it's not very reliable taking the tests online since the color balance in monitors differ.

Ritchee · Mar 21, 2008

I think I'm CB, and according to the wiki graph I'm deuteranopic. Sometimes I have trouble telling certain colors apart like black and dark blues, or certain shades like greens and grays. But I don't let that bother me and if I'm having trouble in a store, I ask a good looking woman if should could help me deciding about a color.

hossoso · Mar 21, 2008

Originally Posted by atomicranch

Unless you have a calibrated monitor, it's not very reliable taking the tests online since the color balance in monitors differ.

+1 and no ****. This thread fails.

Brian SD · Mar 22, 2008

well my monitor is calibrated, so **** you all.

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