Color Blindness Research Paper
ATTENTION GETTER:
A 15 yr old boy was in biology class when his teacher was talking about people with colorblindness. The class laughed as they all called out the numbers they saw from a sheet that the teacher was holding up. The young boy was doing the same thing until all of a sudden he didn't see one of the numbers and raised his hand. He told everyone that he couldn't see the number as he sat in amazement. The young boy had no idea he was colorblind until that day.
REASONS FOR LISTENING:
A.) Color blindness might not seem like that big of a deal however, to those who are color blind it is. It is mostly men who inherit color blindness, affecting about 1 in 20 men for every 1 in 200 women.
B.) I'm intrigued by the subject because that young boy was me and …show more content…
A mild color deficiency is present when one or more of the three cones light sensitive pigments are not quite right and their peak sensitivity is shifted. A more severe color deficiency is present when one or more of the cones light sensitive pigments is really wrong. 5% to 8% of the men and 0.5% of the women of the world are born colorblind. That's as high as one out of twelve men and one out of two hundred women.
Point #2:
Now as you can see, at the top of my poster is a color blind test. You should see the number 45, however if you are colorblind you will see nothing but spots. To give you a better example of what it's like to actually be colorblind, I went ahead showed you what the color red and green look like to you (as if you needed to be reminded). Now underneath is a better way of seeing what colorblind people see. I know it's hard to imagine just exactly what it's like but try this. Try picturing the color green actually looking red and the color red actually looking green.
A 15 yr old boy was in biology class when his teacher was talking about people with colorblindness. The class laughed as they all called out the numbers they saw from a sheet that the teacher was holding up. The young boy was doing the same thing until all of a sudden he didn't see one of the numbers and raised his hand. He told everyone that he couldn't see the number as he sat in amazement. The young boy had no idea he was colorblind until that day.
REASONS FOR LISTENING:
A.) Color blindness might not seem like that big of a deal however, to those who are color blind it is. It is mostly men who inherit color blindness, affecting about 1 in 20 men for every 1 in 200 women.
B.) I'm intrigued by the subject because that young boy was me and …show more content…
A mild color deficiency is present when one or more of the three cones light sensitive pigments are not quite right and their peak sensitivity is shifted. A more severe color deficiency is present when one or more of the cones light sensitive pigments is really wrong. 5% to 8% of the men and 0.5% of the women of the world are born colorblind. That's as high as one out of twelve men and one out of two hundred women.
Point #2:
Now as you can see, at the top of my poster is a color blind test. You should see the number 45, however if you are colorblind you will see nothing but spots. To give you a better example of what it's like to actually be colorblind, I went ahead showed you what the color red and green look like to you (as if you needed to be reminded). Now underneath is a better way of seeing what colorblind people see. I know it's hard to imagine just exactly what it's like but try this. Try picturing the color green actually looking red and the color red actually looking green.