colour-blind
Britishadjective
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of or relating to any defect in the normal ability to distinguish certain colours See deuteranopia protanopia tritanopia
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not discriminating on grounds of skin colour or ethnic origin
Other Word Forms
- colour blindness noun
Example Sentences
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Bridgerton has adopted a variation of colour-blind casting, where a person's skin colour plays no part in the decision to give them a role.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2022
Reuben is supportive of programmes that use colour-blind casting to fill the roles in their programmes, however, like Ellen, he also strikes a note of caution.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2022
A new adaptation of David Copperfield is the latest project to take a colour-blind approach to casting.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2019
One of the purest examples of colour-blind casting in the US is Grey’s Anatomy.
From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2017
The observer in this case was colour-blind to the red, that is, he had no perception of red objects as red, but only distinguished them by the other colours which were mixed with the red.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by Abney, W. de W.
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