I am green yellow color blind, as is my brother. Both of us experience the same problem that at night, we cannot tell the difference between a green traffic light and a street light until we are quite close. The thing that really has me puzzeled is that virtually every color blind person that I have talked to about this reports back the same problem, regardless of their colorblindness. No one I have asked reported this with a yellow light, or a red light. Just a green light. Whats the deal?
I’m green-red color blind (or so I’ve been told since childhood). Green lights definitely look closer to white than red or yellow do, but I can still tell the difference. I had an arguement with my wife about the little “walk” icons here in California. They (“the walking guy”) look green to me. She insists that they are white.
In some of the neighborhoods in San Jose, CA, the streetlights (not stoplights) are yellow. I’ve heard it is so the observatory on Mt. Hamilton can filter out the light. Anyway, they are exactly the same color as the yellow light of a stoplight. Talk about confusing. I once stopped at a green light, because I looked to the side, and couldn’t find the correct light quick enough. I could easily imagine not seeing the light change to yellow, and not realizing there was a stop light until the light switches to red right in front of you.
It is too clear, and so it is hard to see.
I am familiar with what you are talking about. Mega-doses of Vitamin E might do the trick. I might also suggest that you try any of the many and varied herbal remedies.
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