# Colorblind question
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorblind-question/472216
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 11, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorblind-question/472216 "2008-11-11T18:05:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorblind-question/472216/41 "2008-11-14T21:47:29Z")
> [@pravnik](#):
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> Is the middle hat just a little different, or very different?
Very different, it’s that saturated-green versus muddy-yellow thing again.
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorblind-question/472216/42 "2008-11-14T23:00:48Z")
Yes, the hats are all bright fluorescent hues. There’s no question about their color, especially under the direct sunlight shown on the photo.
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorblind-question/472216/43 "2008-11-14T23:19:58Z")
Wow, weird. It’s only certain shades of green, and reds don’t give me trouble at all, so I guess I’ve got it fairly mild, lucky me. It runs in my family - kept my grandfather out of the Coast Guard, my great uncle out of the Seabees, and kept me from applying with the FBI after law school. In retrospect, I probably could have made it if I’d tried; you can still make it in if you fail the Ishihara test so long as you can pass the [Farnsworth Arrangement Test](http://www.univie.ac.at/Vergl-Physiologie/colortest/colortestF-en.html), which I can do just fine. I’m a year too old now anyway, so screw it. 😃
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