Color Blindness

Sean and I were talking yesterday about colorblindness. So, today I was surfing around and decided to do a little research. I located THIS TEST that can tell you weather or not you are color blind.

In addition, I learned that the military will take you if you are color blind, but only the Marines will allow you in a special gun unit (commando style).

Anyway, the test is kinda cool. Enjoy.

I guess I'm not color blind - very interesting though....

Yeah the Military will take you, but your limited to certain jobs, like you can't be an electrician.  You gotta be able to tell the red wire from the green and so on.  Neat how that test works though. 

On a side note; I bank fished (waiting for my yearly bonus to buy yak) Quarry lakes this morning from 0600 to 0930 for nada, they were jumpin all over the place, just not showin any love.  Last Thursday they planted 1500lbs of rainbows, if your into that.

Jeff the Lurk - Out.

During the Vietnam War, that wouldn't have mattered. The Army was taking guys with 20/300 vision and making them artillery observers, and the Marines came to the line of draftees that I was in and took every third person, handicapped or not.

Sean and I were talking yesterday about colorblindness. So, today I was surfing around and decided to do a little research. I located THIS TEST that can tell you weather or not you are color blind.

In addition, I learned that the military will take you if you are color blind, but only the Marines will allow you in a special gun unit (commando style).

Anyway, the test is kinda cool. Enjoy.

I also read that James Llanos (Jesse the Body) was color blind but was admitted to Navy BUDS, and eventually graduated to a UDT unit.  Guess you just have to mack the system.  Then again, that was during VN war like hojoman was sayin'

the test confirms my cones are legit.

Yeah them damn Marines will accept just about anyone!  Semper Fi Leather Necks!   

I'm colorblind, and I remember these tests from pediatric checkups.  The thing some people don't realize about colorblindness is that you don't see in black and white - you do see color, it's just hard to identify them (and match them when you are getting dressed  ). 

I got the red green color blind problem but it really is more a factor of shades and combinations of the same intensity that I mostly have problems with.  The problem is less sever in sun light and worse under florescent light.  I sometimes need to get help identifying green/red/brown wires in the same cable but if I compare and look closely I can usually figure it out.  Open the door to outside and it jumps right out at you.  Weird stuff.

Yeah them damn Marines will accept just about anyone!  Semper Fi Leather Necks!   

No argument there, Angel. If they HAD chosen me, to this day I think I would still be trudging through basic training. 

Pretty Cool Dan I passed with flying colors.
Color Blindness has always intrigued me.
Curious how Tote did?

I worked in an automobile upholstry shop and we used to do a lot of insert work, where you cut a piece out and sew a matching piece in. One day a fellow trimmer held up a piece of green vinyl and asked me if it matched the seat. The set was brown so  I thought he was joking. He sewed it in!

He was all upset with me because I told him the wrong color, but I thought he was being facetious when he asked the color and had no idea he was color blind.

I worked in an automobile upholstry shop and we used to do a lot of insert work, where you cut a piece out and sew a matching piece in. One day a fellow trimmer held up a piece of green vinyl and asked me if it matched the seat. The set was brown so  I thought he was joking. He sewed it in!

He was all upset with me because I told him the wrong color, but I thought he was being facetious when he asked the color and had no idea he was color blind.

Now that's funny right there!

Pretty Cool Dan I passed with flying colors.
Color Blindness has always intrigued me.
Curious how Tote did?

Let's just say I am STRONG DEUTERANOPIA ( I will have to look that up later to see what the heck it means; even though I know it means I cannot identify squat for colors ).
Out of all the plates in the test the first and last were a piece of cake. Of the others I got a few semi-right. On plate 16 I saw the #2; plate 17 I saw #4 and on plate 18 I barely saw the red line. I didn't see no stinking purple!!! I saw nothing on any of the other plates. Becky was having great fun with my deficiencies.

I'm colorblind, and I remember these tests from pediatric checkups.  The thing some people don't realize about colorblindness is that you don't see in black and white - you do see color, it's just hard to identify them (and match them when you are getting dressed 

Agree 100%. Funny when someone holds up a fish and says, " Look at all those colors."
I just nod and say to myself, " WTF is he talking about?"
Actually I do see the colors, just not the same as the normal person sees them.
And if you ask me what color I see I will tell you that if I could answer your question I wouldn't be color blind.