Comments on: Is My Son Colorblind?

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:46:50 +0000

Thank you so much for the great article, and for leaving your comment at little four eyes. This is exactly what I had been looking for. You’ve got a lot of great information here.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:31:11 +0000

Linda- My son had the same problem as yours, when he started school. Unfortunately, he was very aware of his color blindness, and was worried that the other children at school would tease him if he didn’t know his colors. I began very early, teaching him compensatory stratagies, such as, being able to identify simple “color names” on the sides of his crayons. This made him more comfortable at school. We also requested that his desk face a color chart at school. Our son is now entering second grade, and is excelling in school.
Now, we are facing the distinct possibility that our 3 year old daughter is also color blind. Here we go again!!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:17:53 +0000

Thanks for the very helpful site.
I am one of three sisters and between us all we have 5 boys and 2 girls under 8. All the boys have some degree of colorblindness, so they will have lots of company as they navigate through a full-spectrum world. We don’t make a big deal about my 4 1/2 year-old’s sight because “we all have things that make us different” but as he ages he is more curious about comparing what he sees to what I see. He is very good at spotting patterns and is especially proud of his ability to find things that his sister and I miss. My guess is that he naturally edits out the colors that distract the rest of us!

By: Daniel Flück

Daniel Flück — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:53:33 +0000

Linda, That's a common question which isn't that easy to answer. Have a look at the following article, in which I tried to tackle it: Explaining color blindness to your little boy

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:22:13 +0000

My son has just been diagnosed as been red-green colour blind. He’s at school and is five. So far, we’ve only discussed that “sometimes he sees some colours differently” but he’s increasingly getting aware that this happens a lot. Have you any suggestions as to what an age-appropriate explanation might be for him? I don’t want him to feel lacking in some way or scared, but I think it would help him cope more if he had some kind of understanding of what to expect. I’d be very grateful for any suggestions you could give.