PART 2!

So first off let me get the basics out of the way. I'm severely red/green colorblind. I "suffer" from protanopia and deuteranopia. I also miss out on some blues and yellows, but I see blue the best by far.

For instance, if a normal person were to look up and see a full rainbow in the sky, I would look up and see a yellow streak, with a bit of a dark blue streak attached. I've never seen a full rainbow that wasn't drawn with markers or the like. And even then, I'm definitely not seeing what a normal person sees.

Also, last time I did this I had a lot of questions about those Enchroma glasses. No, they do not work for me. They don't cure colorblindness, and my colorblindness is too severe to see any change with them on.

Otherwise, feel free to ask me any questions about this. It's usually a good conversation starter, because I'm living proof that the answer to the question, "How do I know that the blue you see is the same as the blue I see?" is "It isn't."

These lights are a pain in the ass. I always have to ask if something is finished charging, which wouldn't be the worst thing if I didn't have the worst luck and it's always someone different in the copy machine room where we charge headphone batteries. Which means I get to explain that I'm colorblind and then answer the same questions I always get. And god forbid I ever have to talk to tech support on the phone and describe the error light I'm seeing.

This came up the last time I did this, and my wife was going through some of the comments.
For me, this ranks up there with finding out peanut butter ISN'T green (Shared in this post: https://imgur.com/gallery/vIXoB). I knew the inside of avocados was green, because guacamole. And really that's only because someone told me at some point when I was young. But I always thought the outside was brown. It took nearly 30 years for me to find out.

Edit: I'm getting lots of comments about how avocados turn from green to brown. I wish I could see the color change, I only see them get darker. I also can't tell when grass dies until it turns to the color of straw.

My car broke down while my wife and I were temporarily living in different cities, and it wasn't worth it to have it fixed. I found a great car, which was blue. But the picture I sent my wife didn't have her convinced of the color, and neither of us wanted a purple car. She insisted that I asked the salesperson what color the car was. It never really gets less awkward having to ask what color things are. Thankfully I was the customer, so they didn't laugh too much when I asked. This also goes to show how little faith my wife, friends, and other family have in my ability to recognize colors. And blue is supposed to be the one that I see the best.

Dog Tax!

This is Jasper. He's grey and looks the same to me as he does everyone else.

FP Edit: Glad you all are enjoying Part 2! I'll do my best to get to all the questions throughout today.

Getting lots of questions about traffic lights. In most places red is on top and green is on bottom. Also, to me the green for traffic lights looks bright white instead of green. I have no problem telling them apart. I stop for yellows if I have time, so you needn't worry about us colorblinds being on the road.