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22.07.05 An explanation of colorblindness
A get a lot of people asking me what its like to be colourblind. It usually takes the form of “Can you see this colour? Can you see this one ? Is everything black and white??? ”.
This is the best explanation I’ve come across yet:

Courtesy of David Shrigley
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