Some of the inherited diseases known to cause color blindness are.
Most common form of color blindness psychology.
Achromatopsia also called rod monochromatism stationary cone dystrophy or cone dysfunction syndrome blue cone monochromatism also called blue cone monochromacy or x linked achromatopsia.
It makes green look more red.
This blue yellow color deficiency usually affects men and women equally.
Much more rarely a person may inherit a trait that reduces the ability to see blue and yellow hues.
Some people are more insensitive to red hues protanopia others to green hues deu teranopia.
This type is mild and doesn t usually get in the way of normal activities.
Deuteranomaly is the most common type of red green color blindness.
Red green color deficiency is the most common form of color blindness.
There are 4 types of red green color blindness.
The most common are red green hereditary genetic photoreceptor disorders but it is also possible to acquire color blindness through damage to the retina optic nerve or higher brain areas.
Higher brain areas implicated in color processing include the parvocellular pathway of the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus and visual area v4 of the visual cortex.
Between 4 and 8 per cent of males are affected but only about 0 5 per cent of females.
Also known as achromatopsia it s the most severe form of color blindness.
Protanomaly makes red look more green and less bright.