nd Venus thing. While women will see a huge difference in lipstick between classic red and fire engine red, a man with mild colorblindness may be totally miffed at her inability to decide which to wear that night.

What is colorblindness?

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He thinks you're gorgeous, and he loves your nail polish. If he says your red polish looks great, and you've just spent an hour applying peach polish, it's not that he wants to get back to the game. It could be that he's not able to distinguish between the two.

Not all colorblindness is serious. There are shades of gray, so to speak. I know a man who's just fine with traffic lights, but can't see light pink. He sees light pink as white - but he can see bubblegum pink, which has more blue in it. Another man I know can't distinguish between blue and green. And when we get into the teals, seafoams, cornflower blues, and aquas, there is no hope for intelligent conversation.

Men are more prone to colorblindness than women. Approximately one in 10 to 12 men has some degree of visual color distortion. (One in about 200 women has this problem.) Scientists say it's mainly genetically acquired, but sometimes can be the result of injury, illness, or even age. Very rarely - almost never, in fact - will he see the world with a complete absence of color.

The most common visual deficiencies are the most subtle. Yes, it's similar to a Mars and Venus thing. While women will see a huge difference in lipstick between classic red and fire engine red, a man with mild colorblindness may be totally miffed at her inability to decide which to wear that night.

What is colorblindness?

So that the ladies can bette

serious. There are shades of gray, so to speak. I know a man who's just fine with traffic lights, but can't see light pink. He sees light pink as white - but he can see bubblegum pink, which has more blue in it. Another man I know can't distinguish between blue and green. And when we get into the teals, seafoams, cornflower blues, and aquas, there is no hope for intelligent conversation.

Men are more prone to colorblindness than women. Approximately one in 10 to 12 men has some degree of visual color distortion. (One in about 200 women has this problem.) Scientists say it's mainly genetically acquired, but sometimes can be the result of injury, illness, or even age. Very rarely - almost never, in fact - will he see the world with a complete absence of color.

The most common visual deficiencies are the most subtle. Yes, it's similar to a Mars and Venus thing. While women will see a huge difference in lipstick between classic red and fire engine red, a man with mild colorblindness may be totally miffed at her inability to decide which to wear that night.

What is colorblindness?

So that the ladies can bett

he teals, seafoams, cornflower blues, and aquas, there is no hope for intelligent conversation.

Men are more prone to colorblindness than women. Approximately one in 10 to 12 men has some degree of visual color distortion. (One in about 200 women has this problem.) Scientists say it's mainly genetically acquired, but sometimes can be the result of injury, illness, or even age. Very rarely - almost never, in fact - will he see the world with a complete absence of color.

The most common visual deficiencies are the most subtle. Yes, it's similar to a Mars and Venus thing. While women will see a huge difference in lipstick between classic red and fire engine red, a man with mild colorblindness may be totally miffed at her inability to decide which to wear that night.

What is colorblindness?

So that the ladies can bett

tists say it's mainly genetically acquired, but sometimes can be the result of injury, illness, or even age. Very rarely - almost never, in fact - will he see the world with a complete absence of color.

The most common visual deficiencies are the most subtle. Yes, it's similar to a Mars and Venus thing. While women will see a huge difference in lipstick between classic red and fire engine red, a man with mild colorblindness may be totally miffed at her inability to decide which to wear that night.

What is colorblindness?

So that the ladies can bett

nd Venus thing. While women will see a huge difference in lipstick between classic red and fire engine red, a man with mild colorblindness may be totally miffed at her inability to decide which to wear that night.

What is colorblindness?

So that the ladies can better understand their men, here's how most colorblindness works: We see colors through certain nerve endings in our eyes called cones. (The other major kind of nerve ending in eyes are rods. Rods detect light and dark.)

Cones are the ultimate red, green, and blue detectors. By mixing these 3 colors, the cones can send images to your brain of any color in the world. But if one or more of these cones' pigment sensitivity is off, the person will experience color misperceptions.

All You Need is Patience

Ladies, have patience with your men. It might not have anything to do with their disinterest in your new eye shadow shade, or your switch from brown hair to mahogany. He simply may not be able to see it!

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Are there cures for colorblindness? Not at the moment. For now, if you suspect your man has some sort of color distortion, let him seek medical help first, to