Colorblind Dad Tries EnChroma Glasses - They worked!
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2016
- We gave my dad EnChroma glasses for his birthday and boy, did they work! I compiled all of the best footage of him when he tried them on for the first time. Here is a great video of the experience! We were in our backyard and then went to the grocery store.
Please journey along with my dad as he sees more and more colors and is astonished by the color red! He does a wonderful job articulating exactly what it is like to be color blind and exactly how the glasses have improved his vision.
The colorblind test on EnChroma's website revealed that he is a "moderate deutan", for those who are wondering his specific type of colorblindness.
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He is very articulate and good at describing his perception.
I agree, thank you!
To me His reaction seems very slow.
I agree, he really put it into words how I feel. I'm finally getting my pair tomorrow and this really gives me some hope for them.
@@johnbuys1898 how were they John?
@@ecb1979 I love them. It did take a while for my sight to adjust, but once it did, it's amazing. They are still my every day shades.
Not only does HE describe well what's happening, the daughter whose voice we hear also has a clear understanding of how the process works. She isn't trying to make him react the way SHE wanted him to. She lets it be all about him. There are so many of these videos in which that isn't the case. Congratulations to him, and congratulations to his intelligent daughter.
Wow!! Thank you so much for your comment. Very nice of you to say.
Great idea to show him flowers, give him paint samples, and take him to the grocery store!
In a lot of other videos, they try on the glasses in the most dull scenery with no colours!
Yeah! I had this moment in the making for quite a while!!
I agree. Like where it's all grey and brown or just grass and leaves.
I always lol when I see those videos. I watched one where they had the guy try on his glasses in an abandoned parking lot so he could experience color for the first time 😂
and the moment in the beginning when grandma stuffs all the colorful papers back in the paper bag **facepalm**
i am also colourblind and everything he is refering to, and explaining...everything is pretty accurate! i am also asked very often "how do you see that? and how is that to you? what about this?" ect. ...and it is always hard to tell...but he make some references that correct...like the little red flower in the middle of a lot of green leaves...if you see it, well, you can tell that there is a red flower...but from the distance you barely see it, or you WONT see it...like a bush full of red currants...my brother once said "wow, it looks like on fire! ALL red" and I was like "what? there is nothing red there!" ...then i went closer...and BOOM ...a million little berries
and i am looking forward to my enchroma glasses...which i hopefully get soon :)
Wow! Thank you for your comment! I am glad that you can relate so well to what he said! So glad you'll be getting a pair! It's worth it!!
How boring is it when you tell someone and they test you.
Did you get your glasses???
If so...
What happened???
Thanks!!!
His explanation at around 5:10 is a great way of describing what actually happens with red/green colour blindness... the overlap of receptors so that some green receptors fire when seeing red and some red fire when seeing green... so when the two colours are next to each other the brain gets a mishmash of signals. Very cool!
You can easy replicate this green/red mix with simply looking through green lens on red things, and red lens on the green stuff (they go "on top" of one another).
Making right eye red and left eye green (or the other way around), is also a good aproximation of this. Best example here would be : Red/green anaglyph glasses.
Problem with actual colorblindness is that it makes leafs and bushes with the same "dull" yeallow-ish/light green-ish color (because of lower blue/green pallette), on top of mixing green/red together.
That's why seeing trees in more than two/three shades is such a mind blowing experience after putting these glasses on.
But i am red green colourblind and i can see the difference of green and red clearly.. why??
"it was so dull that it didn't matter" exactly!
He has such a soothing voice, reminds me of Alan Rickman. :)
I have watched several of these, this is the first time I have heard someone say that they no longer have to spend 'mental energy' distinguishing colors, that gave me a great understand of color blindness and what he sees normally. That is the perfect description.
Thank you for your comment!! You're right--he really described his experience well....I agree that I haven't seen any other video with clear explanations like my dad's!
I never realized how our ability to distinguish colors and shades of colors helps us see sharp details in things that are technically all green, but have details. So interesting-- before he just saw a bush, but now he could see that it was a really detailed bush.
YES! That is probably my favorite thing that we learned from the experience. It makes sense! Things looked clearer because he could see more details in the variation of colors!!
One of the nicest families in these Enchroma videos I've seen so far.
Thank you for shooting such a detailed video. It was really nice to see his reactions on so many different things we all see everyday and never realize how colorblind people see them.
Thank you!! Glad you liked it.
Yeah, never thought how useful colorful labels are.
His reaction wasn't as drastic as the other videos, but it gave me a good onsite to how my Husband will be when he gets the glasses. He describes the same problems. It's such an awesome chance and experience for people! I can't wait to get them now!
It seems more real
daniel tabin agreed.
It's because colorblindness is more "intense" in some cases, therefore the glasses don't make much of a difference, it might be the case for him.
Your eyes dont automatically adjust it takes about 15 mins
lol He's having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that there is no thinking involved in seeing colors, with normal color vision. No guess work, they just simply ARE.
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I've never heard this.
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"...most people say the new colors can give them a headache."
"One or two people have stated...they had a headache..."
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Yeah it's actually pretty hilarious. I mean I get it though, he's never seen these colors before in his life so it's hard for him to process that there are different contrasts with colors and stuff.
@@50zezima No. He SAW those colors, but it's just his mind that couldn't distinguish them from other colors.
Thank you for filming so much of his experience. At first I thought they weren't going to work for him, but it just kept getting better and better. He seems so much more carefree and relaxed with them. Good job to the family for getting them. I'm sure your dad is eternally grateful!!
Thank you!! :)
One of my fav Enchroma reaction videos. Thanks for the long, full experience. Well done.
Linda L - Thank you so much! We are so glad you enjoyed it!!
Agree
To give the gift of clarity to your dad, wow, you can't top that.
Love the process and the explanation he's giving of the clarity - brilliant to watch!
Agreed! Thanks!
My response when watching you all is ... tears in my eyes ..
I am now in the early 50s, I found my son was color blind when he was 7 years old ... now he is 26 years old...
Likewise, I still can't afford to buy him a pair of color blind glasses until now, when I had an accident in 2011 and finally lost my job in 2013 ...
I am happy for all of you .... may God bless you all ..... take care of your health ...
Your dad is excellent in describing what he is seeing. Especially the part about spending mental energy to distinguish objects, while with the glasses everything is easier.
We have to thank the primats for our colorvision, they had to know all the fruits and their colors while riping without spending too much energy.
Cats and dogs have just two kinds of cone cells (blue and green sensitive), allowing them to see only partial color. We have three!
mixolydian mode, some insects have more than 3, so we all are colorblind with our just 3 cone cells
Apathetic Apparition what ? What are you talking about. ??
LLIP DER Sure. The fourth is for pink. That's why little girls love it so much :D
You have good imagination.
Hes got the best reaction from these kind of videos. Not over the top, I love it
The most important thing is what his wife said in the very beginning: his mind is like cement. Then we hear what he is saying in the end: I just went for what I knew because it took to much mental effort to try to figure out new things, His whole approach to life, his cognitive processes were shaped by his color weakness. This is AMAZING! Much like those little kids who had difficulties in school because they needed glasses.
Thanks for such a nice and astute comment! I agree!!
Very, very similar to my son's experience. The first moments he could see little difference, and was disappointed. It didn't help that it was a pretty overcast day. However, he started noticing that things seemed clearer or sharper. It was then that he began seeing some color. By the time he and I went for a walk in my neighborhood, he exclaimed how he'd never known there were orange marigolds (September of last year). For a kid who for 28 years never seen much of his color spectrum clearly, this was -- and is -- wonderful.
Only wish these had been invented, say, five years earlier. His grandpa, my father in law, would have been blessed with these.
Yeah, I'm watching this wishing my granddad could have had a pair, he loved colour but was really quite colourblind. He loved flowers and animals and I wish he could have fully experienced them. And it would have made watching the sports he loved much easier haha
Watching these types of videos makes me realize how much I take for granted all the rich colors around me. I'm going to stop and SEE the roses from now on! God bless this gentleman and his great family!
Thank you for your thoughtful comment!
I have watched several of these videos, watching people see things in a whole new light, almost like being reborn in a sense and gaining a greater appreciation for intricacies of nature. I find I have taken so much for granted over the years.
It's just fascinating,hearing him going into detail about how things used to appear,and how they are as seen with the glasses.I love it!
Sometimes people describe the difference with the word "vivid". You take that word (didn't hear you use it yet) or idea and expand on it so understandably. Lovely.
What a beautiful garden.
That was such an interesting video, and I loved seeing his reactions and hearing his descriptions of colors before/after. I wonder if having the new glasses affects your enjoyment of food - I would think seeing the colors of the food makes it more appealing/tastier. Thanks for sharing this, it's fantastic!
Thank you for your comment! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Good question. I don't think he's tried eating while wearing the glasses yet. I agree that it would make a difference!
It would certainly be useful for seeing which fruits and vegetables are ripe!
Love it when people can’t describe the thousand different greens! And apparently PURPLE IS AMAZING ❣️ I agree it is...💜
This is one of my favorite EnChroma reaction videos. Usually people post videos of immediate, emotional reactions, but many people have the exact experience your dad is having. EnChroma works differently for different people and with varying degrees of success (like anything else), and this one type of those reactions. I would love to see a follow-up video about your dad and how the EnChroma is working for him years later.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment!
Aww congratulations! One of the best reactions I have seen (and I have seen them all!). I bet he never gets them out anymore :)
a very smart man, ive watched a good few of these and you're dad strikes me as a true scholar!
This is the best enchroma video I've seen. The way he describes the juice display in the last minute of the video is really mind-blowing. I would have never thought of color that way
Thank you so much for your insightful comment! Glad you enjoyed it!
I really wanna thank you for the video he seems to be a very nice person
I don't know this man but I feel so happy for him. I hope these glasses kept giving him this new found clarity.
🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 AWESOME...I’m so happy for your dad!!! 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣
THANKS FOR DESCRIBING THE DIFFERENCE; I'VE WATCHED MANY OF THESE AND THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD ACTUALLY DESCRIBING THE DIFFERENCE...
I love watching these reaction videos but this is my favorite! I love that he was skeptical at first and then kept getting more excited about the different colors. So cool!
Thank you for your comment! I too watched others' videos and then I was so excited to give my dad glasses and to make a video about his experience. I am so glad that you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing these special moments!!!
Your Dad is a cool guy, nice family!
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I’ve Watched a million of these videos and I promise you this is the best one.
Thank you for your very thoughtful comment! Glad you enjoyed.
I love watching this postings..its almost like you witness someone feeling alive for the very first time!! I'm so happy for this gentleman!!
I love how it always seems to be the flowers which grab their attention. Lovely video, glad he gets to experience a world with colour.
I'm so happy for him! I have ADD so when he talks about the difficulty focusing, it resonates with me. Feeling overwhelmed when presented with a lot of stimulus is one of the things I deal with on a regular basis. To hear him so clearly express that feeling and to know that these glasses alleviate that makes me feel so happy for him. What a great daughter to have given him this gift.
Great video and what a sweet family 💗 Loved your dad’s chill personality, he reminded me a little of the dad from Blossom.
I never saw a video of someone taking longer to be able to see, that was really nice, but I couldn't help noticing someone speaking portuguese at 9:00 saying "...going home, I'm just leaving the supermarket"...
"OK, eu vou chegar lá em casa, já estou voltando do supermercado" haha, achei muito estranho quando escutei.
Ha! I noticed that, too. I don't know the language, but I can recognize it because I speak a little Spanish.
I noticed it too.
His glasses appear to be the indoor version rather than the outdoors
that backyard is fabulous, ALL THE GREENS!! and the paint chip folders, brilliant!!
This was definitely one of my favorites! His descriptions of things & how he saw them before were fascinating! Very creative ideas with the paint samples, garden section, & grocery store too. Thanks for documenting! 😄👍🎉
I'm so happy for your dad!
2:43 The dad is blown away by the colors, I’m blown away by the staggering resemblance between the baby and the man in salmon pink
LOL! That is my husband and son. They are twins!!! You nailed it!
SheBuck Hahaha, that makes perfect sense, then! 😂
Now the dad can be mind-blown by the fact that not only do your husband and your boy look so much alike, the color accent on their respective outfits are exactly the same as well.
You guys are a very loving family. Thank you for this very touching video!
Thank you for sharing! Its so awesome to be able to witness someone experiencing something new/better for the first time.
I completely agree! Glad you enjoyed it!
Your dad seems like a super nice guy. Glad he doesn't have to stress out over distinguishing things anymore.
He had some great things to say. Lots of wisdom in that man. Things like this remind me to be grateful for the things I take for granted. I'm so glad your dad got to experience all the beautiful colors. I praise God for leading the scientists, creating their great minds, and providing a way for people with color blindness to see His beautiful Creation! God bless you all! ❤
I love that the whole family is there and even go to the grocery store with him, and the guy (Assuming his son?) Is on FaceTime just so he can see the reaction
Thank you for your comment!! Yes, the whole family was there. And yes, you're right! His son was on FaceTime so he could "be there" too. 😊
He's got his hands full with that cute baby boy hahaha
I have these glasses and I’ve always found myself having trouble clearly describing how it’s different and he does it perfectly! This is my exact experience. I am glad they were able to help you.
Wow, that's awesome! Thank you for your comment!
What a great dude! Bless you all
So happy for him, great family
Loved this reaction! Analytical, emotion overwhelmed by clarity for a change 😊 Welcome to technicolor!
the cool part.. "the tail lights are red!"
I enjoyed this a lot! Thank you for sharing your family moment.
So glad you liked it! Thanks for you comment!!
your dad seems like a awesome dad :)
First one of these where they had the idea to go to a grocery store. I’ve watched many, what a great idea.. He did a great job describing what shopping was like before the color correcting glasses. Very cool.
Thank you! A lot of thought and prep went into the experience! Glad you liked it!
Your backyard is perfect for the "So Many Shades of Green!" part of the reaction.
Gorgeous landscaping!
these videos amaze me... i'm so happy for him
One of the best Enchroma videos where a color blind describes the difficulty in seeing color.
what a lovely garden you have, nice lawn :)
I feel so happy for him. 😀
This is a nice video. I'm so happy for you!
Every time I watch one of these vids, I am reminded of the film, They Live. 😁
Glad they worked!
I think I just realized the difference in these videos. Right brained people are emotional, left brain people are analytical with the experience. It might take longer for an analytical person to make sence of it, rather than just let go and experience it. You, on the other hand, sounded more right brained, waiting to feel the joy of him experiencing purple. Whatever the case, this was lovely to watch.
Where on earth are you located? That place is a majestic oasis, the green and the forrest feel is super satisfying Ps. Great video
Connecticut! Where are you located?
Love these videos. I don't know I have very good color vision but when I first started taking St John's wort I colors became more vivid.
Your dad have the same marvelous voice than Alan Rickman.....
Otherwise, I'm so happy for him !!!
Fantastic!!!
I always want yard like that so amazing and peaceful
Very down to earth guy, he enjoys big time, in his way
if you didnt have the sound on, this video would be 'George Harrison describes his garden and then goes shopping.'
Ok, I found the perfect video, this amazing
Great video!
Glad you liked it!!
great video - by the way, your property is gorgeous!
Very interesting description he gives. I tried a pair of these at the Dr's office and she warned me before I tried them , to not expect any change. She was right. My understanding is, you have to be able to see color but not differentiate between some colors for these to work. I'm told I see what normal people see on a black and white TV show. I don't know if that is true. I know that everything is a different brightness but I don't know if that's color. I can remember in elementary school trying to understand what the teacher meant when they told me what color things were. I assumed I was just stupid, so I acted like I understood and agreed with what they told me. In 6th grade, my teacher, Mr Ermert (who taught me more than any teacher I ever had, and come to find out he lied about having his teaching degree and was technically not a teacher) figured out I was colorblind. I didn't really understand it at first, and maybe I still don't to some degree 40 some odd years later but it did help me realize I wasn't stupid, that there was a reason I didn't understand color and their descriptions. When my daughter was 4, she tried to teach me about color. She cried when I explained I will never see or understand it and that broke my heart that she was hurt that I couldn't. I guess I can't say I miss it, since I have never seen it. It is neat to see the reactions of people that these glasses help and I'm glad they are able to see color better. Great video and thank you for sharing.
Wow, thanks for sharing your story! Right, there are certain types of color blindness the glasses won't work for, unfortunately. The world you see is what you see and that is ok!
Thanks for this.
Glad you liked it! : )
It's no wonder that he thinks he can see better overall. After all that's what vision is - the ability to see color. If we couldn't see any colors, we wouldn't know where anything began or ended.
Right, it's all about the shades!
I'm not sure I understand your comment. I'm told I don't see any color. I'm told I see what normal people see on a black and with TV show. If that is true that I don't see color, I still know where things begin or end, so I'm not sure I know what you mean.
great video...*magnificent* peonies!
The first wearer that never flipped the glasses up & down! Though I’m sure I’d be guilty of that wanting instant before-after comparisons for everything that I’m seeing. I nice gentleman.
This vid is awesome!!!!
Thank you!!!
Go enchroma. Well done
This man should write.
Nice garden
This video makes me so happy!!! I would like to ask you, Did you just have your dad take the colorblind test online on the enchroma website and order them with that being the only test he took?
My dad told me and my siblings that he is colorblind since we were kids but doesn't mention it much and after coming across a video on UA-cam I started watching more of these videos and had him take the test, and he is Mild Deutan. I would like to buy him the glasses as a surprise but questioning if I should take him to the nearest enchroma Eye Center.
Hi! Glad you liked it! It sounds like a similar situation. He always told us he was colorblind. I had him take the test on the Enchroma website and it said he was a moderate deutan. And so then I just ordered the glasses and they worked! So I think it will work for your dad -- I don't think there is a need to take him to an eye center. Good luck!!
He reminds me of my dad
Going to the grocery store was a really interesting idea
Oh man i want those glasses
You live somewhere that gets a fair amount of rain and so you have a lot of different plants with different shades of green. The experience would be rather underwhelming if one lives in say Texas where it's all dry and brown!
Haha went to stop and shop as one of the first places he wanted to see. something about that is wholesome. Is this Connecticut?
You got it!
@@SheBuck oh awesome! Haha I thought I recognized it I still can’t put a finger which one though… I’m in Waterbury I feel like I been to this location for some reason
Ahh what a gift
That was interesting....!
Dear enchroma... Sponsor a fireworks display.
Where do you live? The area is gorgeous!