11. Nine Percent Of Men And One-Half Percent Of Women Are Color-Blind

People With Color-blindness See Color

Unlike what the name suggests, people with color-blindness do see color. Color-blindness is just seeing differences in color. What one person might see as green, someone with color-blindness might see as yellow.

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Color Gene On The X Chromosome

Most color genes are located on the X chromosome. Men are more likely to have color vision problems due to only having one X chromosome.

Seeing Camouflage Better

People with color-blindness can see camouflage better. This is either due to being less distracted by color or being used to looking at other visual cues like patterns and texture.