color blindness

noun

1. inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
2. complete inability to distinguish colors of the spectrum, with all objects appearing as shades of gray, black, and white, varying only as to lightness and darkness; achromatopsia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of color blindness¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

And it distorts sincere efforts to re-focus our race lenses against pious conservative pretensions to color blindness that conceal monstrous injustices.

From Salon

They understood that providing educational opportunities to students who had been historically denied them would require more than just opening campus gates or assuming “color blindness” in the admissions process.

From Scientific American

Measuring the scale of racism and racial inequality in France is complicated by its official policy of color blindness, with strict limits on data that can be collected.

From Seattle Times

“We have to guard against a coronation of color blindness.”

From New York Times

You can see him thinking through color choices, maybe even dealing with color blindness.

From Washington Post