Also known as achromatopsia it s the most severe form of color blindness.
Most common form of color blindness psychology.
Some of the inherited diseases known to cause color blindness are.
Achromatopsia also called rod monochromatism stationary cone dystrophy or cone dysfunction syndrome blue cone monochromatism also called blue cone monochromacy or x linked achromatopsia.
There are 4 types of red green color blindness.
As a result the world appears to you in black.
Protanomaly makes red look more green and less bright.
Deuteranomaly is the most common type of red green color blindness.
Red green color deficiency is the most common form of color blindness.
It makes green look more red.
This type is mild and doesn t usually get in the way of normal activities.
This blue yellow color deficiency usually affects men and women equally.
Much more rarely a person may inherit a trait that reduces the ability to see blue and yellow hues.
These are often called red blindness and green blindness respectively red green color blindness is by far the most common form.
Between 4 and 8 per cent of males are affected but only about 0 5 per cent of females.
The most common are red green hereditary genetic photoreceptor disorders but it is also possible to acquire color blindness through damage to the retina optic nerve or higher brain areas.