

I just had one of the largest epiphanies of my life.
For the last 20 years, I have struggled with explaining the concept of colorblindness to those who aren't colorblind.
"Oh you're colorblind?!" they'd ask. "Well then what color is this shirt?"
It's fucking blue! I'm not retarded!
"But I thought you said you were colorblind..."
However, before we begin, I must define a phrase that will metaphorically solve my longtime conundrum.
out of gamut - a range of colors that cannot be reproduced within the color space used for commercial printing.
"When you print an image it must be reproduced with inks and these inks cannot reproduce the same range of colors that we can see with our eyes. Because the gamut of color that can be reproduced with ink is much smaller than what we can see, any color that cannot be reproduced with ink is referred to as "out of gamut." In graphics software, you often will see an out of gamut warning when you select colors that will shift when an image is converted from the RGB color space used in the editing process, to the CMYK space used for commercial printing."
source: http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/glossary/g/outofgamut.htm
So basically, the amount of colors printers can see is less than our eyes, which is also why your prints don't always come out like they look on your monitor. As a result, all colors that are outside of the printer's color range out of gamut will print the same color (the closest one within the printer's range).
To finally get to my point, being colorblind is essentially having a limited color space. So occasionally I will be confused by a certain dark shade of red and confuse it for green because all of my out of gamut colors will appear as the same color to me. I can still see and correctly identify a vast majority of colors, but certain shades (usually the extreme darks and lights) will blend together.
THAT is how a colorblind person can still be a photographer. So stop asking.
ST. LOUIS (Map, News) - A federal court jury sides with a suburban St. Louis fire captain in a dispute concerning his arrest over where he parked a fire truck during a 2003 car crash rescue.
The jury on Wednesday awarded $17,500 to fire Capt. David Wilson in his lawsuit against Hazelwood police officer Todd Greeves.
Wilson testified he parked the truck in a way to protect rescuers freeing a victim from wreckage on Interstate 270. Greeves ordered the truck moved to accommodate passing traffic. He arrested Wilson for ignoring him. Wilson was never charged.
But in the suit, Wilson claimed his civil rights were violated and that he suffered anxiety and humiliation.
Greeves told the court the truck was creating a hazard and not adding to safety at the scene.
Jennifer entered the contest so sure that her husband Chris could pick out HER kiss from a lineup of people on just touch and taste alone - so we blindfolded him and put him to the test.
So, is LOVE really BLIND??
Well, we lined Chris up in front of a single girl, a very willing gay man and his wife....
You won't believe what happened ....
but you'll understand why everybody is talking about it!!

The final count will show that the critically reviled comedy featuring the seemingly talentless Hilton has sold a meager $25,500 in tickets at 111 locations over the weekend. That's only $230 per screen for theaters that were convinced to book this disaster. That means that, based on an $8 average ticket price, 29 paying customers showed up at each location over the 3-day.

