The genes that can give you red green color blindness are passed down on the x chromosome.
Color blindness common in males.
You can inherit a mild moderate or severe degree of the disorder.
There is no treatment for color blindness when it is inherited.
The most common color deficiency is red green with blue yellow deficiency being much less common.
It can affect about one in 20 men versus one in 200 women.
Since it s passed down on the x chromosome red green color blindness is more common in men.
Males have only one x chromosome whereas females have two x chromosomes.
In males only one defective x chromosome is enough to cause colour blindness.
It s the most common form of color blindness and affects 5 of males but is rare in females.
The most common cause of color blindness is an inherited problem in the development of one or more of the three sets of the eyes cone cells which sense color.
Among humans males are more likely to be color blind than females because the genes responsible for the most common forms of color blindness are on the x chromosome.
It is rare to have no color vision at all.
It happens when the green cone photopigment doesn t work as it should.
In red green color blindness this means difficulty distinguishing between shades of red green and yellow.