My dad's colorblind

[Rickysa]

He's 78 years old....first time I'd heard of these. I just ordered him a pair.

[GH85Carrera]

Cool.

So many people have some minor color blindness or just simple poor vision. My brother in law was born with crappy vision. He had cataract surgery when he was in high school and for the first time knew that trees were not just a big blob but they had individual branches and leaves.

Great present for your dad!

[icemann427]

Wow, that was reaaallly cooool! I loved you dad's reaction.

[Rickysa]

I loved you dad's reaction

Not my dad in the vid (), but I hope his reaction is the same when he gets his!

[pavulon]

If I recall correctly, there is an online color test that can predict if/how much these glasses will help people with color vision issues. I think the test is on the manufacturer's website.

[Moses]

My 25 year old son is classic red/green colorblind. I've attached a photo that shows red and green NFL uniforms. My son CAN NOT TELL the difference in the uniforms.

I bought him those glasses. When he put them on he actually got tearful. Wears them every time he's outdoors. It's been months and he's still marveling at the colors.

[Rickysa]

classic red/green colorblind

Yep...Pop's is also. Can't tell the colors on a stoplight and has to go by their position when he's close enough to see all three.

[Jrboulder]

I've been told I'm mild red/green deficient, at night I can't really tell if a car is dark green metallic or brown metallic at over 100 feet away. I might have to try these enchroma glasses to see what I'm missing.

My grandfather was apparently completely red/green colorblind. He was an Army Reserve officer before WWII and he also did the Civilian Pilot Training Program. The Army was going to make him a pilot but rejected him when he took his first color vision test so he was an engineer in the Pacific. He always said his colorblindness saved his life.

[cstreit]

I've seen a few of those videos with people trying the chroma glasses for the first time.

THeir sense of wonder is humbling and should make us appreciate the little things in life!

[Crowbob]

All of us fall somewhere on the spectrum of color-blindedness (pun intended).

Some of us have so many cones (or is it rods-hard to tell these days) that more colors are visible to them.

Speculation is Monet, for example, was able to see the most minute differentiations of wavlengths of reflected light that he, to our benefits, was simply imitating what he actually saw.

Vincent may have actually had a defect in his color vision. To him, yellows were almost painful.

[TheMentat]

Saw this last night...