color-blind

American  

[kuhl-er-blahynd] / ˈkʌl ərˌblaɪnd /

adjective

1. Ophthalmology. pertaining to or affected with color blindness.

2. Photography. (of an emulsion) sensitive only to blue, violet, and ultraviolet rays.

3. showing or characterized by freedom from racial bias; not influenced by skin color.

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Etymology

Origin of color-blind

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

This critic is all for so-called color-blind casting; in addition to promoting employment, it invigorates the work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

If their color-blind pronouncements seem to gloss over the historical nature of the moment, it’s by design.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

There is no such thing as a color-blind country, said Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her strong dissent: “deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.”

From Scientific American • Jul. 6, 2023

Rhimes and "Bridgerton" creator Chris Van Dusen adapted Julia Quinn's novels with a "color-conscious" approach – not color-blind, Van Dusen explained, but casual in its inclusiveness to a degree that bordered on thoughtlessness.

From Salon • May 6, 2023

We remembered Erik the Red, the Viking who founded the first European settlement on Greenland, as being color-blind; he wanted to name the landmass after himself, but he got confused and named it Green.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin