Types of Colour Blindness - JamesGrigg/Visual-Condition-Simulator GitHub Wiki

Protan Colour Blindness (Protanopia and Protanomaly)

• Red-green colour blindness
• Red cones do not detect enough red light
• Sensitive to green, yellow, orange
• Red and black may appear similar

Deutan Colour Blindness (Deuteranopia and Deuteranomaly)

• Red-green colour blindness
• Green cones do not detect enough green light
• Sensitive to yellow, orange, red
• Blue and purple, or pink and gray may appear similar

Tritan Color Blindness (Tritanopia and Tritanomaly)

• Blue-yellow colour blindness
• Blue cone is less sensitive.
• Cannot distinguish between blue and yellow
• Blue and green, or red and purple may appear similar

Monochromacy and Achromatopsia

• Partial or complete colour blindness
• Can be the equivilent of grayscale
• Can just be regular colours that appear saturated