https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:24:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784494 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:06:30 +0000 Pollywog 2784494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worried about the same thing. Turns out he knew his colors by their French name from daycare. :wink: . I'd bring it up at his next physical, but wouldn't worry about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784484 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:51:09 +0000 travellingbee 2784484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: Ha ha. At 4 1/2 DS already knows to ask if his clothes match. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784448 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:03:36 +0000 matador84 2784448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DS is 100% color blind which we discovered at his vision screen at his school (they bring in an optometrist to do it, I don't think most regular school vision screens do the color blindness test). I couldn't believe it when he didn't pass because he was 4 and knew his numbers and colors very solidly for well over a year without error.</p> <p>When I took him to the eye doctor and they screened again, he failed all 8. Google color blindness test and you'll see how it's normally tested. When I asked the doctor what it was like and how it would affect him, he said basically he'll never be able to be a dentist or a pilot (ha ha) and some other careers, but not a big deal. I've never noticed it to interfere with his life at all. The doctor did mention he might have a hard time and not to let him pick out his outfits when he's older because he'll probably come up mismatched. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784397 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 09:58:01 +0000 Eko 2784397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone for the input!</p> <p>@Anagram: Thanks! I thought about that too since my son can sort things by color, but if he confuses colors wouldn't he be able to sort? I can't tell him to sort things by color, I've just noticed that his blocks he will stack them by the same color. </p> <p>@Dahlia: That's really helpful. Going to start incorporating that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784351 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 21:54:23 +0000 travellingbee 2784351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DS is color blind. And it all depends on shade for him. My dad is color blind so DS has a 50% chance and we were on the look out. We did several online tests once he clearly knew his numbers and could identify them 100%. The dot test asks them to say what number they see and if they can’t see some of them, they have some degree of color blindness. If there is no family history (it would have to be your family because it’s carried on the X chromosome) its unlikely (not totally impossible because... ah it’s a long thing to explain but if you’re curious look up the genetics of color blindness.)</p> <p>BTW, DS can sort things by color depending on the shade. Some shades are very distinct and others are harder for him. Duller, Less primary reds and greens are the hardest as they both look brown. And gray and pink are co fusing to him especially if they are light. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784348 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 21:16:53 +0000 maddyz 2784348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's totally normal for kids to mix up their colors until the are 5 or 6. I was worried too, but i like reading and checking that he can sort stopped my worry. He's just gotten way better at his colors, he will be 3 in Feb. But still says funny things sometimes like switches pink and green. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784262 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 08:12:47 +0000 Mama Bird 2784262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just recently went through wondering the same thing with DD. Color blindness doesn't run in my family, but she's almost 2.5, very verbal, and did not get colors at all. Like, I'd ask her what color a blue car is and she'd tell me "yellow," or I'd ask her to point to something that's green, like leaves, and she'd pick a red pencil. Basically zero ability to either distinguish colors, or recognize what the concept of "color" means in the first place. </p> <p>It turns out there are color blindness tests for kids - I'm sorry I don't have the link, but there's a bunch if you type "color blindness test kids" into a Google image search. They use pictures and animals instead of numbers. I showed them to DD and she had no trouble naming the images.</p> <p>And a couple of weeks ago, it finally clicked for her and she can name most colors correctly. I guess it was one of those cases like in the article<br /> @Dahlia: linked, and she just didn't get what a color is for a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784259 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 07:23:21 +0000 Truth Bombs 2784259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also think my son may have a form of color blindness. He knows almost all his colors, but 100% of the time he says that red things are green. He also says green things are green so he knows green, but doesn’t know red. I plan to ask the ped at his 2 year well check next week. I’ll also try the tip about gett him to sort things rather than make colors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784257 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 07:16:22 +0000 ShootingStar 2784257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH thought DS was colorblind too for a while at that age. There’s a few different types of color blindness, but essentially the colors have some degree of sameness. So you could ask him if a green block is the same as a red one or a brown one. Versus asking what color is this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784235 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:43:27 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2784235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dahlia: Yes! This is the same article I read. I changed how I started phrasing items e.g. “the car is red” instead of “red car.” It helped my son a lot. @Eko: My son didn’t have them all at 2.5, but now at 3 he has them down pat. He struggled with red which I thought might be indicative of an issue, but he got it a few months later. Hopefully your little one is still figuring it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784234 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 23:53:24 +0000 Dahlia 2784234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 2 and gets them right if she spontaneously names them and always gets them wrong when we ask. I found this article fascinating and reassuring: <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-johnny-name-colors/" rel="nofollow">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-johnny-name-colors/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784226 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 21:53:43 +0000 wrkbrk 2784226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow interesting. My DS (almost 2) actually can identify colors but I’m color blind! Rare in a female. Anyway daycare taught him, not me. Your LO is probably ok!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784217 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 20:24:37 +0000 Anagram 2784217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wondered about this with my daughter, even though color blindness it much more rare in girls and it doesn't run in my family. But she just didn't seem to be able to pick up colors, even though my oldest knew all the colors by around 15 months old.</p> <p>Basically I was told if kids can sort by color (like with colored stacking cups or the colored counting bears), then they aren't color blind. And my daughter could sort and put all the purple bears in a pile but if I said "pick up the purple bear", she couldn't do it. So she just didn't know the color names.</p> <p>Maybe buy a set of the counting bears on Amazon and give it a go? She did end up learning the color names, it just took a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/color-blindness-1#post-2784215 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 20:17:09 +0000 Eko 2784215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am trying to figure out if my son may be color blind or is just struggling with word association. My son is 2.5 and knows the words, but if you ask him what color something is he cannot get it right. He is 100% wrong all the time. His speech development is fine. He talks a lot, he knows alphabet letters, and can count up to 10. He recognizes objects, shapes, etc. But knowing the color something is not even close. I am starting to wonder if he is color blind. </p>