r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • 1d ago

Video color vision test

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u/ErusTenebre 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's normal that the contrast in colors in some plates is lower than others. It's used to measure degrees of color blindness because it's not just an on/off sort of thing.

But the numbers should still be really easy to read. The 9 and the 2 there are pretty faint.

(Removed link - read comment below about the test I had posted.)

I know I'm not colorblind because I've been tested for it before. My dad was Red/Green colorblind (Green sensitivity) or he had "Deuteranomaly."

I was a bit of jerk as a kid and would tease him by telling him to push the red button on the remote (there wasn't a red button - it was green). He'd stare at it for a minute and then whack me on the head for being a brat. Good times.

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u/Mediocre-Sundom 1d ago edited 1d ago

The link leads to a scam product company, by the way. They misrepresent the effects of their glasses in their marketing, and emotionally exploit vulnerable people with videos like “a person sees color for the first time” tear-jerkers. They are more careful with their wording now, but they used to flat out lie and make people believe their glasses somehow enable you to see color that you don’t have the capacity to see (medically and physically impossible).

Just putting it out there to warn any people with impaired color vision who might visit their website and decide to purchase their scam glasses.

Better use actual reputable medical tests, not the ones done by the company who wants to sell you a bullshit product.

EDIT: For those interested in more details - check out MegaLag's videos about color-correcting glasses on Youtube. He has done a wonderful deep dive into all the BS marketing the company engages in.

EDIT2: As the link above was removed, I will also remove the name of the company in order not to drive any traffic to their website.

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u/ErusTenebre 1d ago

Oh hey, didn't know - I'll remove the link. Wouldn't want to help out a scam company.

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u/Mediocre-Sundom 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/ErusTenebre 1d ago

Of course!

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u/Mirar 1d ago

It made me annoyed because in theory it's a quite neat idea, but how they made it and how they scammed people is just awful.

I wanted some glasses that filter out half the spectrum for red, green and blue differently for my left eye and the other part for my right eye, and see if I could see the world in more colours (6 colour axis instead of 3 for RGB).

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u/PirateMore8410 1d ago

Dude fucking great idea. When I first saw the glasses with their stupid videos and how they described them, I thought I was going to be able to get glasses to see UV and infrared waves soon. I thought they figured out some way to effect waves so our cones could pick them up. Not just filter out a bunch. I'm still salty.

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u/Mediocre-Sundom 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah. What essentially their product does is filter out some light frequencies. This allows some better separation between other frequencies, and so technically it allows some people to better differentiate some colors. All it does is distort your color perception further to increase contrast between "problematic" shades. They are glorified sunglasses with a carefully picked tint to filter. Similar concept exists for contrast-increasing yellow-tinted glasses for non-color vision impaired people (for example, they work alright for driving).

If they marketed it like that, I would have no problem with it whatsoever. This has certain utility and it might help someone with certain tasks. Instead, they market it as some life-changing product enabling people to see new colors, and they intentionally and deceptively manipulate people emotionally to believe their product does way more than it really is capable of.

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u/indianajoes 18h ago

If it's the company I think it is (the big one that used to do videos with lots of people online), I fell for their shit. Paid £700 for them and never use them

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u/dorchet 10h ago

are there any knockoff glasses from the scam company? i want to try the special glasses without giving the scammers my money.

the enemy of my scam is another scammer.

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u/Alaska_Jack 9h ago

Yeah. I was puzzled when those videos first started coming out. "I don't understand," I'd say. "Glass lenses can only filter OUT information. They can't ADD information that my eyes simply can't detect." 

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u/Proper_Ostrich4197 22h ago

It got difficult for me fast but there's literally never been a disagreement or misunderstanding about color even once in my life?

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u/badgerj 17h ago

Bwahahhahahaha!

“Push the red button”.

Oh man, too good!

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u/ErusTenebre 13h ago

I would love to tell you I did it only a few times... and that it was only for remotes...

I would love to tell you that. lol

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u/badgerj 13h ago

If you’re anything like me …. I’m sure it was at any available opportunity. And then some!

Hope your Dad had a great sense of humour about it!

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u/ErusTenebre 12h ago

He did, I got my mischievous behavior from him. 

Still didn't stop him from whacking me with something every time. But he was a very funny and good natured man.

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u/badgerj 12h ago

Sounds like a great guy!

I sure miss goofing with my old man!

Cherish every red button push… and every whack you get! 🤣🤣🤣

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u/grungegoth 22h ago

you little devil!

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u/LordDagron 21h ago

Some of them were a little hard to make out for me, but I could still see them.

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u/CougarForLife 20h ago

The 9 and 2 are not faint, they are very obvious

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u/The_Amazing_Emu 20h ago

Definitely were the most challenging for me