Health

Colour blindness

The words ‘colour blindness’ are misleading. People who cannot see all colours are not ‘blind’ – they can see things as clearly as people who are not ‘colour blind’. Colour blindness means that a person cannot ‘see’ some colours or sees them differently from other people. Very few people who are colour blind are ‘blind’ to all colours.

The usual colours that they see differently are greens, yellows, oranges and reds.

It can be worth knowing if a child is colour blind because he may have difficulty at school, especially in the early years when many activities use colours, such as drawing and sorting blocks. Using a computer can be a problem too for someone who is colour blind.

For further information about colour blindness please read attached pamphlet.

If you are concerned your child may have colour blindness, you can visit an Optometrist for a check.

Jenny Hill

College Nurse

Source: Department of Health