Colorblindness
A defect in perception of colors, caused by a deficiency of certain specialized cells in the retina that are sensitive to different colors. The condition may be partial (as in “red-green colorblindness,” in which a person cannot distinguish red from green), or complete (in which the person sees all colors as gray).
Note: By extension, the law is said to be colorblind in its judgments, which are supposed to ignore a defendant’s race.
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