The plight of the color blind

To all of the people who have the ability to see every color: consider yourself lucky. Other people you know may not be so fortunate.
According to webmd.com, color blindness and color deficiency generally affects men more than women. 1 in 12 men in the world are affected by it while there are only 1 in 200 women affected by the disorder.
For the most part, color blindness is caused by genetics, or it is inherited from the parent, according to webmd.com. Other causes include aging, injury of the eye, and some medications.
Total color blindness, which is called Tritanopia, is the inability of the eye to see any color. The vision may be as clear as a non-color blind individual, but it is completely black and white, according to colourblindnessawareness.org.
There are many different forms of color blindness. The most popular of these is red-green colorblind deficiency. In this case, individuals who have the deficiency are unable to distinguish the difference between red and green.
“I couldn’t tell you a green number from a red on a leaderboard if the winner’s check depended on it,” said famous golfer Jack Nicklaus, who was completely red-green color deficient.
Many other famous people have been affected by the disorder, from singers to athletes to movie stars. As of now, there is no cure for color blindness and color deficiency. There are some treatments for it, though. Researchers have developed special glasses that reverse the effects of color blindness and enhance the vision of the victims.
“Our lenses are specifically designed to address color blindness,” said EnChroma, the company that sells corrective glasses for $600 a pair.