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colorblind

UK/ˈkʌləblaɪnd/

colorblind is the alternative form of color blind.

Meaning of color blind

Adjective

color blind (comparative more color blind, superlative most color blind)

  1. Unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors (usually red and green).
  2. (figuratively) Holding no prejudice based on skin color or race; not paying attention to skin color.
    • Because mass incarceration is officially colorblind, it seems inconceivable that the system could function much like a racial caste system.2012, Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow, →ISBN, page 183

Forms of colorblind

comparativemore colorblind
superlativemost colorblind

Questions about colorblind

What is colorblind the alternative form of?
Colorblind is the alternative form of color blind.
How do you pronounce colorblind?
Colorblind is pronounced /ˈkʌləblaɪnd/ (UK).

Words near colorblind in the dictionary

  1. coloraturas
  2. colorature
  3. coloratures
  4. colorbearer
  5. colorbearers
  6. colorblind
  7. colorblindness
  8. colorbound
  9. colorbred
  10. colorbreed
  11. colorbreeding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: colorblind (page history and authors); color blind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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