Orange or red?

[NDA]

Driving home with my daughter tonight she says the illuminated buttons in my car are red - they are amber/orange. I'm told only men can be colour blind, and, in any event, orange/red is not the typical colour blind mix up.

The buttons are most definitely orange (aircon, heated screen, heated seats buttons) and would not be red as red is typically reserved for more important buttons. She absolutely swears they're red.

What's going on?! Younger eyes (she's 13) seeing more of the red pigment in orange perhaps?

[Jambob]

I am colour blind and I know of atleast one Lady who is colour blind.

[Pothole]

She's 13. You tell her what colour they are!

[Waugh-terfall]

What car is it? Just so we can give our own opinions etc...

[nottyash]

Jambob said:

I am colour blind and I know of atleast one Lady who is colour blind.

I also thought it was just men that can be colour blind. i heard it dates back from when we were hunters and actually night vision is better. Ive no idea how true this is though.

[scott15]

Looking at his profile, could be any one of these:
Bentley GT Convertible
Ford GT
Aston V8 Volante Vantage (recently sold)
Aston DBR2 (recently sold)
Range Rover Supercharged
Subaru
Yamaha Bruin Quad
Kawaski strimmer

[NDA]

Waugh-terfall said:

What car is it? Just so we can give our own opinions etc...

It's the Range Rover.

[Waugh-terfall]

NDA said:

Waugh-terfall said:

What car is it? Just so we can give our own opinions etc...

It's the Range Rover.

Definitely Orange!

[NDA]

Waugh-terfall said:

Definitely Orange!

I think so too!

I liked your pics - is that done with layers in photoshop?

[Dracoro]

Solution is simple

Have 2 lights on, one red and one orange (e.g fog light and handbrake) on.

Ask her if the two lights are different? If she says no, then she has an eyesight problem. If she says yes, then she has a different "name" for orange (i.e. red ).

[Waugh-terfall]

NDA said:

Waugh-terfall said:

Definitely Orange!

I think so too!

I liked your pics - is that done with layers in photoshop?

Ah thanks, yeah, camera in the same place, 3-or-so images making sure nothing overlaps (for ease of editing), put them all together and cut away. It's about the only thing I can do in Photoshop

[alfa pint]

Women can be colour blind too. 12% of men are, but it's about 2% of women.

[NDA]

alfa pint said:

Women can be colour blind too. 12% of men are, but it's about 2% of women.

Are red and orange two of the colours that might be confused?

[alfa pint]

NDA said:

alfa pint said:

Women can be colour blind too. 12% of men are, but it's about 2% of women.

Are red and orange two of the colours that might be confused?

Can be. It's not always red / green, that just happens to be the most common. I have problems between grey and pink, green light and white light, blue and lilac for instance.