Jacket advice for colorblind person

[Jock Scot]

Hrrrmm.

I do appreciate the advice!

I also want to clear up some misconceptions that some folks may have. Colorblindness is usually quite subtle, and is not at all what people imagine when they first hear the phrase. I am *protanomalous,* which means that I have fewer "red" receptors than most people. I can *still* see red just fine IF it is a primary red and not mixed with blue or green in a blend. So the Lion in the royal standard is quite clearly red to me. It's not a "bright" color though in the way in might be to others. Conversely greens are often brighter. Again, primary greens are easy to see.

The real trick is with pastel and blended and secondary/tertiary colors. Pink often looks gray (because red is faint for me) and lime green is essentially the same for me as yellow. Purples usually look more bluish for me. If I have a real need to know what other people see, I sometimes pull a photograph into a graphics application and get the computer to give me a numerical breakdown of the colors.

Why am I going into this? To clear up any notion that colorblind people don't appreciate tartans in different colors. I see a broad range of shades that make various tartans attractive and interesting in their own right. Otherwise I'd stick to something completely gray

Thank you for the education, it is very much appreciated. In a fairly long life, I have never come across someone with colour-blindness who actually has to deal with it and to discuss it with others. I wonder if there are different degrees of the affliction? I suspect there are? I notice that some members here see colours very differently to how I do. Yes there are different colour names for similar colours, but sometimes one person's brown, for example, is described by someone else as a completely different colour. I accept computer screens can scramble colours and individual interpretations of what is seen is also understandable but sometimes, I do wonder if my eyes, or theirs, need testing!