History Main / ColorblindConfusion

* In ''ComicBook/TopTen'', [[UpliftedAnimal Hyperdog]] eventually reveals that he's color blind, which means that he's been able to see through the patterns on the skin of his partner [[ArtificialHuman Girl One]] (who was created by a couple of horny fanboys so she has to be naked all the time but ''does'' have a nudity taboo and uses the patterns to give her some modesty) and when she finds out [[AccidentalPervert he's been effectively seeing her naked this whole time]] she decks him. He tells her he's not attracted to human women as a way to try and diffuse the situation, though we later learn he was lying about this when he enters a relationship with a human and adopts a daughter with her.

* In ''Film/TheHangover Part III'', Chow being color blind means that he can't tell Stu which wire to cut when both are trying to disarm two parts of a security system at the same time.

* Combined with ImposterForgotOneDetail in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs''. [[spoiler: Being cats, the Liese twins]] get the color of their Barrier Jackets wrong when they disguise themselves as Nanoha and Fate. Not that it really matters, since the person they were trying to fool had never seen Nanoha or Fate in their barrier jackets, but it clues in the audience that something is up.

* Combined with ImposterForgotOneDetail in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs''. [[spoiler: Being cats, the Liese twins get the color of their Barrier Jackets wrong when they disguise themselves as Nanoha and Fate.]]

* Once in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' Lieutenant Pi attempted to disarm some rogue ordinance by pressing the ''green'' button on his remote, and not the ''red'' detonation button. Cut to his head in a jar saying [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-03-08 "Nobody told me I was red-green colorblind."]]

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', this turns out to be the reason Sister ended up on the Blue Team, since she was ''trying'' to go to the Red Team to be with her brother Griff but her disability combined with her general stupidity meant she joined the wrong group by accident.

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', this turns out to be the reason Sister ended up on the Blue Team, since she was ''trying'' to go to the Red Team but her disability combined with her general stupidity meant she joined the wrong group by accident.

* In ''ComicBook/TopTen'', [[UpliftedAnimal Hyperdog]] eventually reveals that he's color blind, which means that he's been able to see through the patterns on the skin of his partner [[ArtificialHuman Girl One]] (who was created by a couple of horny fanboys so she has to be naked all the time but ''does'' have a nudity taboo and uses the patterns to give her some modesty) and when she finds out [[AccidentalPervert he's been effectively seeing her naked this whole time]] she decks him. He tells her he's not attracted to human women as a way to try and diffuse the situation, though we later learn he was lying about this when he enters a relationship with one.

* In ''ComicBook/TopTen'', [[UpliftedAnimal Hyperdog]] eventually reveals that he's color blind, which means that he's been able to see through the patterns on the skin of his partner Girl One (who was created so she has to be naked all the time but ''does'' have a nudity taboo and uses the patterns to give her some modesty) and when she finds out [[AccidentalPervert he's been effectively seeing her naked this whole time]] she decks him. He tells her he's not attracted to human women as a way to try and diffuse the situation, though we later learn he was lying about this when he enters a relationship with one.

* In ''ComicBook/TopTen'', Hyperdog eventually reveals that he's color blind, which means that he's been able to see through the patterns on the skin of his partner Girl One (who was created so she has to be naked all the time but ''does'' have a nudity taboo and uses the patterns to give her some modesty) and when she finds out [[AccidentalPervert he's been effectively seeing her naked this whole time]] she decks him.

* On season 9 of ''Series/ProjectRunway'' Anthony Ryan Auld, a fashion designer featured as a contestant, is color blind, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DisBkOLmxxw talks about it]] during his audition video and during the season, explaining that he both can't see some colors and perceives others differently and has both red-green and blue-yellow colorblindness. Also qualifies as DeafComposer since the judges would frequently laud his color choices on garments and acknowledge that they weren't sure how they looked to him but they found them praiseworthy.

In fiction, however, a character having this is usually a ChekhovsGun or is only brought up in a situation where being able to distinguish colors is vitally important, such as a WireDilemma or needing to identify a key object by color alone. The fact that color blindness is usually inherited means it can also be used to [[WhosYourDaddy prove or disprove a character's parentage]] if they have it while another character does or does not, though much like the ABNegative trope the mechanism of inheritance is often over simplified. It's also sometimes used as an explanation for a character's [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes horrendous fashion sense]], in which case it's often PlayedForLaughs. Since color blindness can disqualify a person from receiving certain types of licenses, especially aircraft, a character learning they have this is sometimes used as a DreamCrushingHandicap.

* In the ''{{Series/Leverage}}'' episode [[Recap/LeverageS02E09TheLostHeirJob "The Lost Heir Job"]], Ruth's color blindness is hinted at when she brings flowers for a grave and calls them blue irises when they're clearly yellow. This is later used to prove that she's really the daughter of the wealthy Mr. Kimball and a stripper named Georgia, who were both color blind.

* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesII'' combines this with ArtMajorBiology by having one character, [[spoiler:TheMedic Cosette]] becoming colorblind after witnessing their parent's death, making them unable to see the color red. They, naturally, get faced with a WireDilemma and not only overcome it but are cured of their color blindness in the process. Needless to say while color blindness can sometimes be caused by factors other than genetics witnessing a trauma isn't one of them, and EpiphanyTherapy isn't known to cure it.

* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesII'' combines this with ArtMajorBiology by having one character, [[spoiler:TheMedic Cosette]] becoming colorblind after witnessing their parent's death, making them unable to see the color red. They, naturally, get faced with a WireDilemma and not only overcome it but are cured of their color blindness in the process.

* In ''ComicBook/TopTen'' Hyperdog eventually reveals that he's color blind, which means that he's been able to see through the patterns on the skin of his partner Girl One (who was created so she has to be naked all the time but ''does'' have a nudity taboo and uses the patterns to give her some modesty) and when she finds out [[AccidentalPervert he's been effectively seeing her naked this whole time]] she decks him.

* In ''Film/TheHangover Part III'' Chow being color blind means that he can't tell Stu which wire to cut when both are trying to disarm two parts of a security system at the same time.

* In ''Literature/TheGiver'' all of the members of The Community are color blind since birth, and have apparently been deliberately made so through genetic engineering. When protagonist Jonas realizes this and specifically that he can see the color red while they can't it contributes to him finding out [[CrapsaccharineWorld the truth about their way of life]].

* In ''Series/JohnDoe'' the title character was completely color blind except when he saw certain clues or people related to his previous life or the case he was working on, when instead of the usual DeliberatelyMonochrome style the show used from his perspective the items in question would be in color. There was also an episode where a lightning strike restored his color vision but made him lose his EncyclopaedicKnowledge until another lightning strike put things back to normal.
* In the ''{{Series/Leverage}}'' episode [[Recap/LeverageS02E09TheLostHeirJob The Lost Heir Job]] Ruth's color blindness is hinted at when she brings flowers for a grave and calls them blue irises when they're clearly yellow. This is later used to prove that she's really the daughter of the wealthy Mr. Kimball and a stripper named Georgia, who were both color blind.
* ''Series/MisterEd''. The title character had whether or not he was color blind flip-flopped with two episodes touching on it, the first where Ed wants a color TV but Wilbur refuses to get him once since horses are color blind, but Ed proves him wrong by pointing out the color of the clothes he's wearing. In a later episode Ed wins a color TV in a trivia contest, and a fight among Ed and Wilbur ensues about whether it will go in the house or the barn. In the end Ed steals the TV and watches it in the barn, and decides to let Wilbur have it, since he discovered he was actually color blind.
* In the ''{{Series/Psych}}'' episode Santabarbaratown, Shawn has a EurekaMoment when he remembers that Thea Summers is color blind, which helps prove that her father was Ellis Beaumont, who was recently murdered and had the condition as well. The mechanism of inheritance is also oversimplified by a stating that a color blind man ''must'' have a color blind daughter, when in reality she would have to get the gene from both parents due to it being carried on the X chromosome in order for it to be expressed.
* Inverted in ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E23Wetwired Wetwired]]", where Mulder's red-green color blindness turns into an unexpected asset, as TheGovernment's [[SubliminalSeduction subliminal messages]] operate primarily in that spectrum, and he is thus the only one immune to them.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E6BrianWritesABestseller Brian Writes A Bestseller]]", Brian complains during a particularly prima-donna moment that all the M&Ms brought to him are gray when he specifically said to remove them, the joke being that, as a dog, they're all going to look that way to him.
* In ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' Zoe mentions in the episode "[[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S2E22TheHedgehogInThePlasticBubble The Hedgehog In The Plastic Bubble]]" that dogs cannot see red as a FurryReminder.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode, "Bro-Down Showdown", Sonic and Knuckles compete on the titular game show to win a new couch for Amy after they spill nachos on her old one. Sonic is teamed up with Dr. Eggman, and Knuckles is teamed up with Mike the Ox. At one point, Comedy Chimp asks Mike what color Knuckles is. Due to being colorblind, Mike guesses green, even though Knuckles is red. When he finds out he answered wrong, he admits he's colorblind, and when a red light flashes, he asks if the light was green.

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* Sam "LetsPlay/{{Strippin}}" Thorne is partially color blind, which occasionally causes issues in the games he's playing, though he usually manages to compensate.
* Anthony Ryan Auld, a fashion designer featured on season 9 of ''Series/ProjectRunway'' is color blind, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DisBkOLmxxw talks about it]] during his audition video and during the season, explaining that he both can't see some colors and perceives others differently and has both red-green and blue-yellow colorblindness. Also qualifies as DeafComposer since the judges would frequently laud his color choices on garments and acknowledge that they weren't sure how they looked to him but they found them praiseworthy.
* LetsPlay/JackSepticEye is partially color blind, which caused some problems when he had to distinguish between white and light blue objects in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''.
* In wartime, color blind people were actually sought out because most modern forms of camouflage depend on color effects, which a colorblind person can see through without difficulty, making it something of a DisabilitySuperpower.
* Joe Swail the Northern Irish snooker player is color blind. Though he copes well with this, he sometimes has to get the referee to point out certain balls (especially the brown ball).
* The green light in a traffic light is heavily tinged with blue to help people with red-green color blindness see it, and in many parts of Asia the "green" light [[UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue is actually blue]].