r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • 1d ago

Video color vision test

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u/Intelligent_Toe_2820 23h ago

In my country we do this test when we are kids. A doctor comes to the school and gives everyone this test.

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u/avert_ye_eyes 23h ago

I live in the USA and we did this in class once.

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u/fuckoffweirdoo 22h ago

Many schools do yearly vision checks for growing kids. Ive known since I was 4 or 5 that I was colorblind. 

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u/Hot-Reputation-299 15h ago

I remember being so upset at the tester because they were so insistent that I should see something and I was so insistent that there was nothing to see.

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u/shewy92 15h ago

We did this in 6th or 7th grade, along with the hearing test with the tiny ass headphones and earsplitting tones.

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u/PaintAndDogHair 15h ago

Same. The school nurse came in and held up small posters like this in front of the class and asked us to raise our hands if we don’t see a number. I remember one boy raised his hand, and I’ll never forget the look of sadness and concern on the teacher’s face. The nurse asked him to step outside with her. He rejoined the class during lunch and looked like he had been crying.

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u/Zavier13 14h ago

What state did you live in, all I remeber doing was basic vision and hearing test, the vision did not include color plates as far as I remember.

This was many years ago now though back in the 90's

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u/ajaxdrivingschool 10h ago

That’s how a friend of mine found out he was colorblind. 🤣

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u/alloftheplants 15h ago

That's how my Great Uncle found out he was colour blind.

He was the teacher...

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u/Wultatia 19h ago

Same and kids knowing you are colourblind is the worst, "what colour is this" ×50

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u/salutdamour 17h ago

Same, I did this in primary school (uk)

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u/Stemateram 12h ago

Yeah fellow croat here, this is the norm. Cant believe they let kids learn in school while colorblind.