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color–blind
adjective col·or–blind \-ˌblīnd\
: unable to see the difference between certain colors
: treating people of different skin colors equally : not affected by racial prejudice
Full Definition of COLOR-BLIND
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: affected with partial or total inability to distinguish one or more chromatic colors
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: not influenced by differences of race <tried to get the welfare establishment … to abandon its color–blind policy — D. P. Moynihan>; especially : free from racial prejudice <a white man with an invisible black skin in a color–blind community — James Farmer>
— color blindness noun
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First Known Use of COLOR-BLIND
1853
COLOR-BLIND Defined for Kids
color–blind
adjective \ˈkə-lər-ˌblīnd\
Definition of COLOR-BLIND for Kids
: unable to see the difference between certain colors
Medical Dictionary
color–blind
adjective col·or–blind \-ˌblīnd\
Medical Definition of COLOR–BLIND
: affected with partial or total inability to distinguish one or more chromatic colors
—color blindness noun
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