Phrase guide

color blindness

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈkʌl.ɚ.blaɪnd.nəs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia or Daltonism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, ophthalmology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An indifference to a person's skin color or race.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: colour blindness, color vision deficiency, colour vision deficiency

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality, visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder

Narrower terms: dichromacy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia, dichromasy, monochromacy, monochromatism, monochromatic vision, monochromia, monochromasy

History

Etymology

From color blind + -ness or color + blindness.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عمى الألوان (ʕaman al-ʔalwāna) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܸܡܝܘܼܬ ܓܵܘܢܹ̈ܐ (simyūt gāwnē) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Armenian: դալթոնիզմ (daltʻonizm) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Asturian: daltonismu — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Basque: daltonismo — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Belarusian: дальтанізм (dalʹtanizm) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Bengali: বর্ণান্ধতা (bornandhota) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Bulgarian: далтонизъм (daltonizǎm) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Bulgarian: цветна слепота (cvetna slepota) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Catalan: daltonisme — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Chinese Cantonese: 色盲 (sik1 maang4) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 色盲 (sáik-màng) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Chinese: 色盲 (zh-min-nan) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Chinese Mandarin: 色盲 (sèmáng) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Chuvash: дальтонизм (dalʹtonizm) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Czech: barvoslepost — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Danish: farveblindhed — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Dutch: kleurenblindheid — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Dutch: daltonisme — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Esperanto: daltonismo — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Esperanto: kolorblindeco — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Estonian: värvipimedus — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Faroese: litblindi — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Faroese: litblindni — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Finnish: värisokeus — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • French: daltonisme — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Galician: daltonismo — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Georgian: დალტონიზმი (dalṭonizmi) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • German: Farbenblindheit — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Greek: αχρωματοψία (achromatopsía) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Hebrew: עִוָּרוֹן צְבָעִים (ivarón ts'va'ím) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Hindi: वर्णान्धता (varṇāndhatā) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Hungarian: színvakság — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Icelandic: litblinda — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Ido: kolor-blindeso — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Indonesian: buta warna — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Italian: daltonismo — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Japanese: 色盲 (shikimō) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Japanese: 色覚異常 (shikikaku ijō) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Japanese: 色弱 (shikijaku) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Kazakh: түсті ажыратпаушылық (tüstı ajyratpauşylyq) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Korean: 색맹 (saengmaeng) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Northern Kurdish: rengkorî — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Kyrgyz: дальтонизм (daltonizm) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Kyrgyz: түс тааныбоо (tüs taanıboo) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Latvian: daltonismu — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Latvian: krāsu aklums — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Lithuanian: daltonizmas — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Macedonian: далтонизам (daltonizam) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Macedonian: бојно слепило (bojno slepilo) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Malay: buta warna — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Malayalam: വർണ്ണാന്ധത (vaṟṇṇāndhata) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Nepali: रंग अन्धता (raṅga andhatā) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Norwegian: fargeblindhet — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Occitan: daltonisme — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Odia: ବର୍ଣ୍ଣାନ୍ଧତା (barṇṇāndhatā) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Persian: کوررنگی (kurrangi) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Polish: daltonizm — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Polish: ślepota barw — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Polish: barwoślepota — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Portuguese: daltonismo — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Punjabi: ਰੰਗਾ ਦਾ ਅੰਨਾਪਣ (raṅgā dā annāpaṇ) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Romanian: daltonism — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Romanian: cecitate cromatică — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Russian: дальтони́зм (dalʹtonízm) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Russian: цветовая слепота (cvetovaja slepota) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Scottish Gaelic: dath-dhalladh — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Serbo-Croatian: далтонѝзам — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Serbo-Croatian: daltonìzam — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Slovak: farbosleposť — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Slovene: daltonizem — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Slovene: barvna slepota — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Spanish: daltonismo — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Sundanese: lolong warna — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Swedish: färgblindhet — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Tagalog: pagkabulag sa kulay — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Tagalog: kabulagan sa kulay — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Tamil: நிறக்குருடு (niṟakkuruṭu) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Tatar: дальтонизм (dalʹtonizm) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Telugu: వర్ణాంధత్వము (varṇāndhatvamu) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Thai: ตาบอดสี (dtaa bòt sĕe) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Turkish: renk körlüğü — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Ukrainian: дальтоні́зм (dalʹtonízm) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Ukrainian: колірна сліпота (kolirna slipota) — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Uzbek: дальтонизм — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Uzbek: daltonizm — condition in which the ability to see colors is impaired
  • Dutch: kleurenblindheid — indifference to a person's skin color or race