colour blindness: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	color blindness

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Topics

achromatopsia blue-yellow colour blindness dichromacy monochromacy red-green colour blindness Are deer colorblind?tritanopia protanopia deuteranopia colour perception conjunctivitis glaucoma retinopathy uveitis keratitis macular degeneration cataract strabismus detached retina visual field defect

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John Dalton

John Dalton

British scientist

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George Wald

American biochemist

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