Re: OT-ish:Conlang Census

Mark J. Reed scripsit:

> Er?  The term "color-blindness" does not mean you only see shades of
> grey; seeing no color at all is practically unheard of in humans.
Very rare but not unheard-of: it's called achromatopsia, and there's
a genetic concentration of it on the island of Pingelap in the
Federated States of Micronesia.  About 5-10% of the population have
it, and about 30% are carriers.  It appears sporadically throughout
the rest of the world as well.

Oliver Sacks wrote a book about the disease and the island, called
"Island of the Color-Blind".

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