Question

The inability of a person to recognize red color is known as

Answer 1

The correct answer is Protanopia.

Explanation:

• Protanopia is a condition in which the eye's retina do not develop the light and colour sensitive cells called the cone cells which are sensitive to red light.
• The affected individuals produce light and colour sensitive cone cells in their retina which are sensitive to blue and green light only.
• The disease's nature is hereditary, linked to sex and mostly affects the males.

Answer 2

The inability of a person to recognize red color is called as red colorblindness or protanopia.

Explanation:

• This is a rare genetic disorder which is caused due to defect in L-Cone  or called as long wave cones.

• In this case, the person lose the ability to detect the red  light which contain long wave length.

• The genes that regulate the color vision are located in X chromosome and this mostly affects the males than the females.