col|or-blind|ness

col|or-blind|ness
color blindness, or col|or-blind|ness «KUHL uhr BLYND nihs», noun.
a visual inherited defect, consisting of an inability to tell certain colors apart or to perceive certain colors (usually red and green, sometimes blue and yellow).

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