Color Vision Defects
Synonyms
Achromatopsia
Acquired Color Blindness
Blindness, Color
Blue Color Blindness
Color Blindness
Color Blindness, Acquired
Color Blindness, Blue
Color Blindness, Green
Color Blindness, Inherited
Color Blindness, Red
Color Blindness, Red Green
Color Blindness, Red-Green
Color Vision Defect
Color Vision Deficiency
Defect, Color Vision
Defect, Deutan
Defects, Color Vision
Deutan Defect
Green Color Blindness
Inherited Color Blindness
Monochromatopsia
Protan Defect
Red Color Blindness
Red-Green Color Blindness
Tritan Defect
Vision Defect, Color
Vision Defects, Color
Defects of color vision are mainly hereditary traits but can be secondary to acquired or developmental abnormalities in the CONES (RETINA). Severity of hereditary defects of color vision depends on the degree of mutation of the ROD OPSINS genes (on X CHROMOSOME and CHROMOSOME 3) that code the photopigments for red, green and blue.