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		sugerman on Nov 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tetrachromats: people who see colors invisible to ... If colorblindness is due to a lack of cones it seems the title isn't all that misleading.

masklinn on Nov 17, 2019 [–]

> If colorblindness is due to a lack of cones

Some are, some aren't. Anomalous trichromacy (where one cone type is shifted) is still considered color blindness.

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