Wednesday, June 22, 2011

no such thing as color

Thanks to Daniel at Colblindor for sharing this new film. See his original blog post here.

Laura Evans has captured the experience of a color deficient person in her first short film entitled "No Such Thing as Color." The 9-minute documentary discusses the story of Evans Forde, whose colorblindness was mistaken for emotional disorder in Kindergarten.

Though not directly transportation related, it's a well-done piece on the daily struggles of the colorblind.

(For those viewing on non-Flash devices, you can link to the video here.)

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11 comments:

  1. Jesse RudermanJune 22, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    Link for those who use a modern browser without Flash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsups6Mk3I

    Brian, please update your youtube embedding code ;)

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  2. BrianJune 22, 2011 at 10:19 PM

    Jesse - thanks for catching that. I just copy/pasted the embed code from Youtube, which is the extent of my coding knowledge. :-)

    I'll add some text and this link to the post.

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  3. Bob kennedyJune 23, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    Thanks for this great video! I'm putting it on my colorblindness blog.

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  4. BrianJune 24, 2011 at 10:56 PM

    Bob - thanks. I enjoyed looking at your blog and would invite others to do the same.

    a different colored lens
    http://www.bobk4.com/

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  5. MyrtoneJune 29, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    So you published an artilce not directly transportation related, how about one that is not directly related to colour-blindness but nevertheless related to visual impariment and driving?

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  6. BrianJuly 5, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    Myrtone - maybe. Lay it on me.

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  7. MyrtoneAugust 11, 2011 at 3:20 AM

    This video remimds me of Island of the colourblind. Most people have something that Evans Forde doesn't have, does Evans have something most people don't have? What is this quality that makes a red thing different from a green thing or a blue thing from a purple thing? Simple fact is that most people distinguish things by names that have no meaning to Evan. Differnt colours in the red-yellow-green region simply translate into different shades of the same hue for him.
    What would it be like if Evan lived his life in a society where his friends, parents and teachers might also be red-blind or green-blind whichever he is.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 24, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    i have tritanopia ( hope i spelled right) and i have friend who red green colorblind so the only question we stay away from is what color is this :D thats like the only person who i know personally that understands completely how its like but thx for posting to clear it up about not just seeing black and white

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  9. BrianOctober 24, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    Thanks for sharing!

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  10. MyrtoneOctober 24, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    Here's a question, do your or your friend have any other vision problems, such as less than 20/20 vision (as long as it's correctable to 20/20 it counts as 20/20), or peripheral vision impariment?

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  11. MyrtoneMarch 5, 2013 at 6:24 AM

    How about the story of a colour deficient person who is also autistic?

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