Color Blindness News

The White House evidently figured that the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor would put Senate Republicans in a political box, as they'd risk being tarred as anti-Hispanic if they opposed her confirmation.

Monochromacy is the inability to distinguish colors. It is also known as "complete or total color blindness" to differentiate it from other more common forms of color blindness where a person can still perceive the differences in colors.

Archives Listening Miscellaneous Topic Categories: Behavior Insects Posted on: July 8, 2009 11:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist" Color vision in humans depends upon three light-sensitive proteins, called opsins, that are present in our retinas.

My best friend is colorblind. Her husband is not. They have three children, two girls and a boy.

Two lawmakers who are doctors say they are working to resolve problems that led to the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's Office losing accreditation.

Sarah Palin is communicating through social networking sites after her surprise announcement last week that she will resign as Alaska governor.

My best friend is color-blind. Her husband is not. They have three children, two girls and a boy.

When you design any web site, one of your first goals is to make sure you get as many visitors as you can, but have you checked the true accessibility of your site? Can a color blind person read it? Are all of your scripts cooperating? Your colors may look nice together, but is the contrast different enough that it is all legible?A Well, those ...

Doctor says color-blindness affects 5 to 8 percent of men What's up with that? This article has been read 32 times.

The Supreme Court's decision last week in favor of white and Hispanic firefighters seeking promotions in New Haven, Conn., was a common-sense and necessary enforcement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Where I work, there are a small handful of men who occasionally begin their sentences with the phrase "In my village..." "In my village, we have a festival." "In my village, we would never treat an octopus in such a way." These men can get away with saying such things as easily as they can get away with calling women "baby" because they are Greek.

The Supreme Court's ruling on the Ricci case - that white firemen suffered illegal discrimination when a promotional test on which they did well was thrown out because not enough blacks did well - will have no effect on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court.

Assuming your aren't color blind, you see green and blue spirals in the above graphic.

Among all the responses this week to the controversial Ricci v. DeStefano Supreme Court ruling , I have yet to see a commentator mention what impact the Obama presidency may have had on the justices' ruling.

I mean that it is very hard for us to assimilate to our thinking to the fact - and I think it is indeed the historical fact - that Congress and not the courts was meant to be the principal expositor of the Amendment.

Martin Luther King can rest easy. His dream is being protected by the Supreme Court - against and over the opinion of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

Ramesh, it seems to me that the Equal Protection Clause is one of many examples of a constitutional provision whose precise meaning is probably indeterminate on an originalist analysis.

While CheckMyColours is still in beta, it shows promise. Enter any URL into this free online service, and it will analyze all DOM elements in the site.

A majority of the Supreme Court now seems to favor the principle of color blindness and to oppose extending the life of the oppressive, color conscious remedial tools of the 1960s and 1970s into second decade of the 21st century.

The second annual Mayor's Yellow Tie Ball was held at the Bridgewater Club in honor of Westfield Mayor Andy Cook.