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Colorful idioms used in English
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Colorful English!
Word or Phrase: Part of Speech: Idiom or General?: Usage? Restricted?
color blind adjective 1: general
2: idiom
wide No
Meaning:
1) partially or totally unable to distinguish one or more colors.

2) not recognizing racial differences; free from racial prejudice.

Example(s):
First meaning
1) If you are color blind, you can not be a fighter pilot.
2) Color blind people were used by the army to find camouflaged tanks.
Second meaning
1) If more people were color blind, there would be fewer racial problems.

Note: Color blindness is the noun form of this phrase.