A few days ago I watched a program about the connection between one's eyes and one's brain hosted by Alan Yentob which I found most interesting. It discussed colour blindness and the various degrees that one can have if one is at all colour blind.
I was talking about the program to a friend of mine the next day who was colour blind (what luck!) and who had been in the Airforce in the last war. He obviously new a lot about the subject and told me that one can be totally colourblind. The really interesting thing then that he told me was that in the war airmen who were totally colour blind were sought after .
Guess why ? To be flown over enemy lines and to look for camouflaged buildings, and of course they couldn't see the various colours of the camouflage but only the buildings etc hidden beneath
I hope you found this interesting ? I did !
Polly.
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