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What Colorblind People See

A visual guide to how the world looks through the eyes of someone with a color vision deficiency.

From the images below, you can see how someone with a color vision deficiency sees an image. If you are interested in seeing how people who are protans, deutans, and tritans see the world, click the name of the color vision deficiency in the Information menu.

Color Perception Demo

See how colorblindness changes color perception

Full color vision

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Teal
Blue
Purple
Pink
Olive
Brown
Navy
Magenta

Approximate simulation for education. Take the test for an accurate diagnosis.

Anomalous Trichromacy

Normal Vision

Normal Vision

Protanomaly

Protanomaly

Deuteranomaly

Deuteranomaly

Tritanomaly

Tritanomaly

Notice how colors look shifted or washed out, a milder change than in the dichromacy images.

Dichromacy

Normal Vision

Normal Vision

Protanopia

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Tritanopia

Notice how a missing cone type makes whole families of colors look alike, a stronger change than anomalous trichromacy.

Monochromacy

Normal Vision

Normal Vision

Rod Monochromacy

Rod Monochromacy

Notice that rod monochromacy leaves only shades of gray.