Hi, folks!
I've never seen this topic mentioned anywhere, so I wanted to see if I'm alone here.
I may have mentioned it in other posts, but I am red-green color-blind. That means I have difficulties distinguishing reds and greens from oranges and browns, and all derivations of reds and greens, like pinks and purples.
Color "blindness" isn't really a good word for it, since I see a beautiful world of color. It's just those darn greens and reds!
Pinks and purples aren't much of a concern in most of the modeling I do, but the reds and greens can be a problem, particularly with weathering olive drab or dark green armor or aircraft, I have a heck of a time seeing brown, flat earth, and other earthtone colors on the green backgrounds. I can see the color intensities, lightness, darkness, etc., but I can't really see the difference in colors. That's were my patient friends come in! I'm always bugging them about whether something looks "dirty" enough.
Painting base colors isn't much of a problem, as long as I read labels carefully! And if I mix any colors, I make sure I carefully record the ratios, since I could never "eyeball" it later.
Working from reference materials also poses challenges. I am forever pestering my poor girlfriend with books and magazines, asking questions like, "what color are the tracks here? Is that mud, or rust?" Bless her heart; she's a very patient girl! She gets her fair share of “Is this dirty enough?” too!
I would love to hear from anyone who has this problem, or knows someone who does.
Or anyone who has any suggestions on how to cope with the challenges facing a color-blind modeler!