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Seeing things in shades of grey rather than color is uaually what colorblind people experience, also people who are partially color blind may see purple and blue as the same color or red and maroon as the same, etc.. Seeing things in shades of grey rather than color is uaually what colorblind people experience, also people who are partially color blind may see purple and blue as the same color or red and maroon as the same, etc.. Colour blindness is an X linked disorder in which the affected member is unable to distinguish colors. The cone cells in the retina are defective and so they are unable to differentiate colours. Greenred blindness, greenblue blindness and redblue blindness are observed where they are unable to differentiate the colors.

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