Deuteranopia
Deuteranopia makes greens and reds hard to tell apart. Here is how common it is, which colors get confused and a simulator set to deuteranopia.
- Cone affected
- Green (M) cones missing
- Group
- Red-green
- How common
- About 1% of men (Birch 2012)
- Milder form
- Deuteranomaly, the most common type
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- reddiagonal stripes
- orangeback stripes
- yellowvertical lines
- greendots
- bluehorizontal lines
- purplegrid
- pinkrings
- brownchecks
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Colors that look alike with deuteranopia
- Vivid Red and Deep Yellow Green
- Deep Red and Deep Yellowish Green
- Moderate Red and Vivid Green
- Moderate Reddish Orange and Vivid Yellowish Green
- Strong Yellowish Pink and Brilliant Yellowish Green
- Strong Reddish Orange and Strong Yellow Green
Each pair is far apart for typical color vision (ΔE 25 or more) but close to identical after simulation (ΔE under 3). Computed from the ISCC-NBS color names.