The Genetic Disease - Color Blindness Color blindness, a condition where sufferers have the inability to distinguish between different colors or shades of color. This disease is an inherited disorder. The most common type of color blindness is genetic red-green color blindness, where the sufferers are unable to distinguish between green and red in dim light. Complete color blindness is a very rare condition, the victims are only able to determine black, white and shades …showed first 75 words of 418 total…

…showed last 75 words of 418 total…different color shades. Therefore, color blindness would only really have an impact on people dealing with jobs such as train drivers or pilots. Optometrists and eye specialists can do color vision testing, using specially designed charts to find out whether you are a color blind, and what type of color blindness. Although this inherited disorder is not a serious condition, there is no real treatment for it. Color blindness can neither be cured nor prevented.