NEWS

The Supreme Court has directed the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) not to exclude candidates suffering from colour blindness from its courses on film making and editing and asked it to make changes to its curriculum instead

COLOUR BLINDNESS

• Also known as colour deficiency
• Inability to see colours in the normal way
• Individuals often cannot distinguish between certain colours — usually greens and reds, and sometimes blues as well

PROCESS –

• Two types of cells in the retina detect light — the “rods”, which distinguish between light and dark, and the “cones” that detect colour
• There are three types of cones that see colour — red, green, and blue — and our brains use the information from these cells to perceive colour.

REASON

• Absence of one or more of cone cells, or their failure to work properly
• In a situation where all three cone cells are present but one of them is malfunctioning, mild colour blindness may occur