Meanings
nouncolor blindness (countable and uncountable, plural color blindnesses)
plural color blindnesses · alternative color-blindness · alternative colorblindness · alternative colour blindness · alternative colour-blindness · alternative colourblindness
- UScountableuncountablemedicineAny of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia or Daltonism.
- UScountablefigurativelyuncountableAn indifference to a person's skin color or race.
Despite the fact that race is embedded in American social life, "color blindness" has recently emerged as the dominant ideology of race.
2003, Kimberly L. Ebert, "Demystifying Color-Blind Ideology", in C. Herring et al., Skin Deep: How Race and Complexion Matter in the "Color-Blind" Era, p. 1985
Synonyms & antonyms
noungenetic inability to distinguish differences in hue
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Translations
Arabic عمى الألوان
- عمى الألوان (ʕaman al-ʔalwāna)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Basque daltonismo
- daltonismocondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Bengali বর্ণান্ধতা
- বর্ণান্ধতা (bornandhota)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Bulgarian далтонизъм, цветна слепота
- далтонизъм (daltonizăm)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- цветна слепота (cvetna slepota)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Catalan daltonisme
- daltonismecondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Chinese Cantonese 色盲
- 色盲 (sik¹ maang⁴)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Chinese Mandarin 色盲
- 色盲 (sèmáng)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Czech barvoslepost
- barvoslepostcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Danish farveblindhed
- farveblindhedcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Dutch kleurenblindheid, daltonisme
- kleurenblindheidcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- daltonismecondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- kleurenblindheidindifference to a person's skin color or race
Esperanto daltonismo, kolorblindeco
- daltonismocondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- kolorblindecocondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Estonian värvipimedus
- värvipimeduscondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Finnish värisokeus
- värisokeuscondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
French daltonisme
- daltonismecondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
German Farbenblindheit
- Farbenblindheitcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Greek αχρωματοψία
- αχρωματοψία (achromatopsía)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Hebrew עִוָּרוֹן צְבָעִים
- עִוָּרוֹן צְבָעִים (ivarón ts'va'ím)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Hindi वर्णान्धता
- वर्णान्धता (varṇāndhatā)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Hungarian színvakság
- színvakságcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Icelandic litblinda
- litblindacondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Indonesian buta warna
- buta warnacondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Italian daltonismo
- daltonismocondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Japanese 色盲, 色覚異常
- 色盲 (shikimō)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- 色覚異常 (shikikaku ijō)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- 色弱 (shikijaku)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Korean 색맹
- 색맹 (saengmaeng)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Latvian daltonismu, krāsu aklums
- daltonismucondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- krāsu aklumscondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Lithuanian daltonizmas
- daltonizmascondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Malay buta warna
- buta warnacondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Norwegian fargeblindhet
- fargeblindhetcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Persian کوررنگی
- کوررنگی (kurrangi)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Polish daltonizm, ślepota barw
- daltonizmcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- ślepota barwcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- barwoślepotacondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Portuguese daltonismo
- daltonismocondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Punjabi ਰੰਗਾ ਦਾ ਅੰਨਾਪਣ
- ਰੰਗਾ ਦਾ ਅੰਨਾਪਣ (raṅgā dā annāpaṇ)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Romanian daltonism, cecitate cromatică
- daltonismcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- cecitate cromaticăcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Russian дальтони́зм, цветовая слепота
- дальтони́зм (dalʹtonízm)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- цветовая слепота (cvetovaja slepota)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Scottish Gaelic dath-dhalladh
- dath-dhalladhcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Slovak farbosleposť
- farbosleposťcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Spanish daltonismo
- daltonismocondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Swedish färgblindhet
- färgblindhetcondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Tagalog pagkabulag sa kulay, kabulagan sa kulay
- pagkabulag sa kulaycondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- kabulagan sa kulaycondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Tamil நிறக்குருடு
- நிறக்குருடு (niṟakkuruṭu)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Thai ตาบอดสี
- ตาบอดสี (dtaa bòt sĕe)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Turkish renk körlüğü
- renk körlüğücondition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Ukrainian дальтоні́зм, колірна сліпота
- дальтоні́зм (dalʹtonízm)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
- колірна сліпота (kolirna slipota)condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
Cite this entry
APA
color blindness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20blindness
MLA
“color blindness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20blindness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “color blindness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20blindness.
Source: color blindness on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.