Colour Blind?

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Quayleman

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Hi Guys, Today I went to the optometrist today for the first time in a long time and was reminded that I\'m moderately to severely colour blind. So anyway I was wondering if anyone one else on here is, and if you think it affects your painting?
 
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lono

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George Delaphina, who was the Warhammer World painter and regularly featured in WD until he left GW is completely colour blind I believe.

He seemed to do fine, and makes a nice bit of cash doing freelance commissions now, so I don\'t think it\'s necessarily a big problem.

You may have to put more time into checking colour schemes with other people, but you can still be a bloody good painter.
 
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Beelzebrush

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Originally posted by reverend
Tim is! Where are you freakinacage? He thought I was Richard Pryor the last time he saw me :eek:
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That\'s just daft! Everyone know\'s that you\'re Don King :D

Someone thought I was colourblind recently due to a mini I\'d painted.... cheeky git lol
 
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Grumb

used to be a Freak
I am red green color blind. It can really screw things up sometimes, but you learn to work around it. Sometimes I\'ll paint something and show it to my wife and she says \"NO\" and into the stripper it goes.
 
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Thecadian

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Originally posted by Grumb
I am red green color blind. It can really screw things up sometimes, but you learn to work around it. Sometimes I\'ll paint something and show it to my wife and she says \"NO\" and into the stripper it goes.
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same with my dad.He isnt good with reds of greens either, Dosent seem to hold him back though.

Apart from when he goes to buy clothes:D
 
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Naukhel

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Shades of red mess me up. Which is odd, since I do my best shading and highlighting in red.

Of course, that doesn\'t mean my best is any good.....
 
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finn18

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I am officially colour blind....

But I am also a qualified electrician....

I cannot pass the Ishihara spot test to save my life but I swear I see as many colours as \'normal\' people I just see them differently.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/mens_health/issues_colour.shtml

Interestingly, people registered as \'colour blind\' have traditionally been amongst the first conscripted in times of war to serve in artillery regiments and as spotters. Colour blind people aren\'t fooled by camouflage...:D To me, a camouflaged object often sticks out like a beacon as I see the colours slightly differently.
 
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finn18

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Statistically.....

About 1 in 9 males has a colour deficiency of some sort. So it\'s very common.
It is extremely rare in women who generally act as a carrier for the gene. I think about 1 in 10,000 females experience similar difficulties.
 
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supervike

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Interestingly....I never knew I even had a \'color blindness\' problem until recently...

While I don\'t think it is color blindness, I do have a problem \'seeing\' shades of yellow, and a few brighter blues.

Is there a test for that?
 
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AinuLainour

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Hmm... I might have really minor colourblind, everyone tells me my mom\'s minivan is green, but it looks like silver to me.
 
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finn18

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That\'s the thing....

Everyone thinks \'colourblindness\' means seeing in black and white. That level of difficulty is so rare it\'s statistically insignificant. More than one in ten males however, possess a degree of difficulty that will prevent them from entering certain professions.
The trouble is, the standard test for \'colour blindness\' is the Ishihara spot test.....I can\'t do that, but I can pass other tests if they are used. Does that mean I am \'spotblind\' as opposed to \'colourblind\'?
I now look at it as being analogous to a dogs hearing...I can see as many colours as my wife, but my reception has moved along the scale a bit...:D
 
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Ogrebane

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I have a mate who paints but is color blind. He painted this horse once. Best paintjob he ever did but it was green.
 
No Such Agency

No Such Agency

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Originally posted by Grumb
I am red green color blind. It can really screw things up sometimes, but you learn to work around it. Sometimes I\'ll paint something and show it to my wife and she says \"NO\" and into the stripper it goes.
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Hehe... you should get her to check your colours BEFORE you paint ;)
 
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schmackeroo

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red/green for me, i painted tree beard what i thought was a lovely pale grey/brown/greeny type and everybody asked me why it was pink??? i thought they were takin the whizz! they had to sit me down and spell it out for me i was gutted, now i endeavour to double check when in greeny browny teritory:cool:
 
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