Can’t trace wires, read diagnostic LED colors, read certain component values, or calibrate anything having to do with color.

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Wires are color-coded. Shocking!

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Not all electrical engineering careers require pristine colorvision, but components, wiring, diagrams, etc. tend to use color to communicate their meaning.

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Spot cleaning only works when you can see the spots.

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Even though we mostly manage to successfully navigate the challenges inherent in color-biased signals, some countries do not allow colorblind people to drive. As of this writing, colorblind persons cannot get driving licenses in China, and several other countries. Only recently were prohibitions lifted in India for people with mild colorblindness. In the United States, only Massachusetts prohibits licensing colorblind drivers. No Uber or Lyft jobs for them.

Stories:
Careful while driving
Jailed while colorblind

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See Healthcare Professional.

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Screening is a challenge when color is removed from the toolkit.

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Unless all your customers are goth. Really… just about everything related to cosmetics involves color.

Stories:
Cosmetics to the Colorblind

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People like me ask for assistance identifying a particular color, or describing the color an item of clothing, and/or if it matches another item of clothing.

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Natasha Claudill

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Testing/identifying just about anything. Interpreting just about any diagram.

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John Dalton

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Challenges with produce selection, meat doneness, and food presentation.

Stories:
Chef Benjamin Meyer

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Time is money. The colorblind sort chips too slowly to be hired, so are explicitly excluded in job listings.

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What? I don’t see any stains on that rug.

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Some jobs would be fine, but I can imagine many, very expensive mistakes. All or some of the wrong material sent to job site. Mislabeled boxes. Using incorrect grout color. Designs that use pattern of various colors.

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This would be as close to my nightmare job as I can imagine. I would be the least helpful salesperson ever!

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Whatever you do, don’t cut the green wire!

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There are some other areas such as in cardiovascular equipment where dopplers show blood flow in color and there is some lab equipment that show color for test results… i.e., if it’s more pinkish, it’s a trace of this, or more blue, a higher level of that. There is wiring for plugs and component pinouts for equipment that is very color specific, though most modern testing equipment is digital.

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Chemical testing, species identification, etc. Depends upon the final specialization, but the required science classes tend to be miserable for the colorblind.

My story: Water Colors
Stories:
Biology Class Scores

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Depends upon the sport, but every second counts in most. The difference between a good player and a great player can be determined by the speed at which they identify team members by their uniform color or track a ball or puck against varied backgrounds.

Stories:
Football (Soccer): Uniforms
Football (Soccer): Fans
Football (Soccer): Joel Walmsley
Rugby
Golf: Jack Nicklaus & Tiger Woods
Golf: Jack Nicklaus
Cricket
Hockey

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Identifying the type and nature of objects often relies upon their color profile.

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