colour-blind

IPA/ˈkʌlə blaɪnd/
IPA/ˈkʌlər blaɪnd/

colour-blind — 形容詞

1. Unable to tell some colours apart, most often red from green.

1.形容詞B2
釋義

色盲的

無法分清某些顏色

Unable to tell some colours apart, most often red from green.

例句

Aoi is colour-blind and often mixes up red and green socks.

Aoi 是色盲，常把紅襪和綠襪搞混。

collocation: mixes up red and green

The museum added symbols because some visitors are colour-blind.

博物館加上了符號，因為有些參觀者是色盲。

pattern: be + colour-blind

同義詞
  • color-blind

    American spelling of the same adjective.

  • colour-deficient

    More technical and less common; often used in medical or design contexts.

文法句型

be + colour-blind

colour-blind + noun

用法筆記

Usually describes a person, their vision, or an activity affected by colour vision. Unlike sense 2 (NOT RACE-BASED), this meaning is about seeing colour differences, not social fairness.

常見錯誤

❌My grandfather has colour-blind.
✅My grandfather is colour-blind.
💡Use the adjective after 'be', not after 'have'.
❌I am colour blindness, so these cables look the same.
✅I am colour-blind, so these cables look the same.
💡'Colour blindness' is the noun; 'colour-blind' is the adjective.

2. Making choices about people without letting race affect the decision.

2.形容詞B2
釋義

不分種族的

不因種族而差別對待

Making choices about people without letting race affect the decision.

例句

Padma wants a colour-blind admissions system that judges grades, not skin colour.

Padma 希望招生制度是不分種族的，只看成績，不看膚色。

pattern: colour-blind + admissions system

Christopher argued that housing policies should be colour-blind for every family.

Christopher 主張住房政策應該不分種族，平等看待每個家庭。

同義詞
  • race-neutral

    More technical and often used for policies, rules, or legal arguments.

  • unbiased

    Broader term for fairness; it does not specifically focus on racial treatment.

反義詞

文法句型

be + colour-blind

colour-blind + policy/system/process

用法筆記

Usually describes policies, admissions, hiring, or other formal decisions rather than a person's feelings. Unlike sense 1 (CANNOT TELL COLOURS), it is a figurative use about racial treatment.

常見錯誤

❌The firm is colour-blind, so nobody notices the wall paint.
✅The firm says its hiring process is colour-blind.
💡Here the word describes fair treatment across racial groups, not literal seeing.
❌Our principal is colour-blind to messy homework.
✅Our principal tries to stay colour-blind when choosing student leaders.
💡This sense is about race-based decisions, not ignoring unrelated problems.