# Poll: Do you think fall colors are great? Are you colorblind? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366 "2020-11-11T20:17:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/1 "2020-11-11T20:17:45Z")
Fall colors/autumn colours - whatever. Anyway, it’s fall/autumn here in the south of England, the leaves have turned, and folks have been commenting on how wonderful the colors are. I have never really got this - yeah, they’re OK, interesting, nice - but wonderful? Meh. But then I got to thinking (I don’t know why it took so long to think this): _I’m colorblind - maybe it’s just me?_ So this is poll is a little bit of scientific research - I’m trying to compare two groups, colourblind and non-colourblind, to see how fall colors are perceived. Just to be clear, male and female are being polled separately simply because colorblindness (the “normal” variety) is much more common in men (about 8% of men are colorblind) than in women (~0.5%) which makes gender _per se_ a potential confounding factor to the question being polled. (If results for men and women are pooled, and women’s appreciation of fall colors is different from men’s, it will distort the result regarding colorblindness.) _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/1))_ My first poll, BTW. Should be interesting. j ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/2 "2020-11-11T20:25:42Z")
DAMN - you need to click on the Show Vote button in order to vote, I think. Told you it was my first poll. j ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/3 "2020-11-11T20:30:29Z")
Your experience, I imagine, is going to depend greatly on the type of colorblindness you experience. If you have Red/Green (the most common form) then all those lovely reds will look like the leaves didn’t change color! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/4 "2020-11-11T20:32:50Z")
I wasn’t sure which to pick. I like fall colors. But I don’t exactly LOVE fall colors. They are pretty. They are cheerful. They are a sign of the changing seasons. I am sad in years when the leaves just turn brown without getting fiery, first. But I wouldn’t actually say that I love them. (But that’s what I picked.) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/5 "2020-11-11T20:33:44Z")
Also, I hate the way polls on this board get re-sorted from most-popular to least-popular. There is often an order to the way they questions were asked, and I’d prefer if it retained that. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/6 "2020-11-11T20:38:20Z")
Yeah, at some point I’m going to have to write the Discussion and Conclusion for publication - the resorting isn’t going to help. 😉 j ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/7 "2020-11-11T20:40:19Z")
I couldn’t vote…I dislike fall colors. I prefer the green to the gold/yellow. “Dead leaves.” Nuh. (Not colorbind, but my papa had some minor red/green issues) ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/8 "2020-11-11T20:43:57Z")
I voted I love the colors, and am colorblind, but it’s just certain shades of red and green. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/9 "2020-11-11T20:53:56Z")
> [@TheCuse](#): > > I voted I love the colors, and am colorblind, **but it’s just certain shades of red and green**. My bold. Now this is a whole other kettle of fish. I am red/green too, but the only times I actually struggle to differentiate between red and green is if the object is difficult to see anyway - small and moving about rapidly and randomly, maybe. Generally, no problem at all. But browns vs purples under poor/artificial light, say - that’s a real problem; some other colours under artificial light can be a problem too. So when it comes to autumn colours - what colours am I actually looking at? Are they subtly different in poor November light? Is that what I’m missing? In the end I just tell myself that my colour vision is my own experience, I don’t really know how it is different, in practice, from other people’s. But I will be genuinely interested in the poll results. j ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/10 "2020-11-11T20:58:03Z")
That’s what I wonder also. A long time ago I came across a website that somehow showed what a person with normal color vision saw versus what a person with various color blindnesses saw. It was weird. While I saw most of the colors, I guess there were some I was missing and the colors weren’t as vivid for me. They were more dull in color. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/11 "2020-11-11T20:58:07Z")
I’m not colorblind and sometimes they are amazing, but sometimes only meh, and there isn’t really a rule as to what combination and shade of color will strike me as what. Sometimes a perfect blend of dazzling green, yellow, orange, and red will look _too_ perfect and characterless, but it can go too far if the field is entirely monochromatic or otherwise drab. Just a small change in elevation and latitude can make all the difference just in a single day’s driving. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/12 "2020-11-11T21:06:07Z")
This link seems pretty good for showing colorblindness. I think I have Deuteranomalia. I remember when I joined the Air Force I couldn’t get into electronics field because of it. > **[You’ll Be Amazed How People With Color Blindness See The World (57 Pics)](https://www.boredpanda.com/different-types-color-blindness-photos/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic)** > > Ever wondered what life looks like through the eyes of somebody with color blindness? Then check out these pictures to see for yourself. You'll never look at the world in the same way again! ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/13 "2020-11-11T21:26:42Z")
To really appreciate the fall colors you gotta be in northern New England, although southern Quebec is almost as good. This fall has been disappointing though. Generally I love them. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/14 "2020-11-11T21:29:46Z")
More or less. I have red/green, but there are degrees of color blindness. I do have trouble with the reds, unless they are standing alone. They do tend to wash out if they have a backdrop of green. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/15 "2020-11-11T21:45:56Z")
I have tritanomaly which affects my perception of blue and doesn’t make much difference looking at fall colors but I find them merely OK, nice, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/16 "2020-11-11T21:52:28Z")
Woah - a rare one. Should I assume that blocks of blue and yellow are not an issue, but that poorly visible objects/poor light can cause difficulties? j ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/17 "2020-11-11T22:26:09Z")
I have a mild case of red/green colour blindness. I can tell the two apart very distinctly in everyday life, but I struggle with the Ishihara test - in the sense that I mistake ab 8 for a 6 because I fail to see that additional curl, or things along these lines. I’ve been tested for red/green blindness several times in my life, always wih the Ishihara test, and sometimes I’m diagnosed as colour blind and sometimes I’m not. Luckily, the only time when it really mattered (when I was getting a boating licence), I was not diagnosed as colour blind (and got my licence). Oh, and I love the autumnal colours. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/18 "2020-11-11T22:30:56Z")
I like Autumn colours (I chose the “love it” option). I particularly like it when a single maple tree has turned bright red well before any other trees have changed. I also like the Central Otago look with autumn coloured trees lining a river or lake. Interestingly I can’t find many pictures that do it justice, maybe it’s a “have to be there” type thing. [https://www.kerribackphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/NZ131.jpg](https://www.kerribackphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/NZ131.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/19 "2020-11-11T23:32:03Z")
Female, not colorblind. Voted love fall colors, because I do. They can take my breath away. I have a brother who is red/green colorblind so they all look a bit orangish yellow most of the year to him. He can tell colors are changing because they get a bit lighter before they drop. He pretty much does everything in browns and blues and relies on a family member or store clerk to tell him if something looks good. Thank goodness no one has steered him wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366/20 "2020-11-11T23:35:56Z")
I love fall colors, although I haven’t seen them in years. Not colorblind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-think-fall-colors-are-great-are-you-colorblind/925366.md?page=2)