Seeing Less Vivid Colors
Most people with macular degeneration will still be able to see colors, although their ability to distinguish between shades of similar colors may be reduced. This is because the retina contains two photoreceptors (rods and cones) that sense light and send information through the optic nerve to the brain. Cones are responsible for color vision, so if you have cone dystrophy or retinitis pigmentosa (RP), they will be affected.
Color blindness is a condition in which a person cannot see specific colors because one or more of their three types of cones do not work correctly due to missing genes on particular chromosomes. Color blindness can be congenital, or it can develop later in life. Color blindness is a form of color vision deficiency that affects an estimated 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women. In most cases, color blindness is inherited from one or both parents and is present at birth.
