Phrase guide

color blind

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors (usually red and green).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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adj

Meaning 2

Holding no prejudice based on skin color or race; not paying attention to skin color.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: далтонист (daltonist) — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Catalan: daltonià — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Catalan: daltònic — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 色盲 (sèmáng) — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Danish: farveblind — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Dutch: kleurenblind — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Finnish: värisokea — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • French: daltonien — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Galician: daltónico — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • German: farbenblind — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Hindi: वर्णांध (varṇāndh) — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Hungarian: színvak — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Icelandic: litblindur — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Indonesian: buta warna — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Italian: daltonico — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Japanese: 色覚異常の (shikikaku ijō no) — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Japanese: 色盲の (shikimō no) — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Luxembourgish: faarweblann — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Macedonian: далтони́ст (daltoníst) — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Norwegian: fargeblind — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Occitan: daltonian — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Persian: کوررنگ (kûrrang) — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Polish: daltonista — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Brazilian Portuguese: daltônico — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • European Portuguese: daltónico — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Romanian: discromatopsic — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Romanian: daltonist — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Russian: дальто́ник (dalʹtónik) — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Spanish: daltónico — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Swedish: färgblind — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Tagalog: bulag sa kulay — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Turkish: renk körü — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Vietnamese: mù màu — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors
  • Welsh: lliwddall — unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors