red-green color blindness

noun

variants or less commonly red-green blindness

: deficiency of color vision ranging from imperfect perception of red and green to an ability to see only tones of yellow, blue, and gray

Examples of red-green color blindness in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are a few types of color vision deficiencies, but red-green color blindness is the most common type. — Brooke Swanson As Told To Kate Morgan, The Cut, 22 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for red-green color blindness

• kindness
• unkindness

Medical Definition

red-green color blindness

noun

: deficiency of color vision ranging from imperfect perception of red and green to an ability to see only tones of yellow, blue, and gray

called also red-green blindness