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Biology Project Colour Blindness

This document is a biology project on colour blindness submitted by Chhavi Samvedi of class 12. It begins with a certificate verifying Chhavi's completion of the project under the guidance of her teacher, Mrs. Yogita Thakur. The project acknowledges those who provided assistance and defines colour blindness as having trouble seeing or identifying colours like blue, green and red. It describes the genetic causes of colour blindness and how the condition is passed down. The project also explains how colours are seen through rods and cones in the eye and how faulty cones can cause colour blindness.

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Biology Project Colour Blindness

This document is a biology project on colour blindness submitted by Chhavi Samvedi of class 12. It begins with a certificate verifying Chhavi's completion of the project under the guidance of her teacher, Mrs. Yogita Thakur. The project acknowledges those who provided assistance and defines colour blindness as having trouble seeing or identifying colours like blue, green and red. It describes the genetic causes of colour blindness and how the condition is passed down. The project also explains how colours are seen through rods and cones in the eye and how faulty cones can cause colour blindness.

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BIOLOGY PROJECT

COLOUR BLINDNESS
SUBMITTED BY : CHHAVI SAMVEDI
CLASS : XII A
CERTIFICATE
• This is to verify that CHHAVI SAMVEDI , student of class 12 has successfully
completed her project work on the topic “COLOUR BLINDNESS “ under the
guidance of subject teacher MRS. YOGITA THAKUR during the year 2023-
2024 from HOLY CHILD PUBLIC SCHOOL in partial fulfilment of biology
practical examination conducted by CBSE .

• Signature of the guide :

• Signature of examiner
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• At the outset , I express our gratitude to the almighty lord for the
divine guidance and wisdom showered on me to undertake this
project . I am immensely grateful to my beloved principal MRS.
ANSHOO TANDON for her involvement in this project by providing
useful inputs and timely suggestions. I am also thankful to my
biology teacher MRS. YOGITA THAKUR for her guidance and help
to make this project a success . My parents also played a key role
in shaping up this project nicely and I convey my special thanks to
them as well.
WHAT IS COLOUR BLINDNESS ?
• Colour blindness can be simply defined as trouble in seeing or identifying colours
like blue, green and red. There are some rare cases where a person cannot see
and identify any colours at all. A person with this syndrome also finds difficulties
in differentiating the colours with shades. This syndrome is also called a colour
vision problem or colour vision deficiency.

• Colour blindness was discovered by an English chemist named John Dalton in the
year 1798. During the discovery, he was also suffering from colour blindness. He
wrote his first article about colour blindness, which was based on his own
experience. Colour blindness is also called as Daltonism, which is named after its
discoverer – John Dalton.
CAUSES :
GENETIC CONDITION
• Red / green or blue colour blindness is passed down
from parents
• The gene responsible is on X chromosome
• Mutations capable of causing colour blindness originate
from at least 19 different chromosomes and many
different genes .
• More males are affected , the females are basically
carriers.
• There is 50% chance of mother passing this condition to
the son .
HOW WE SEE COLOURS AND REASON OF COLOUR
BLINDNESS :
• In our eye , there are two types of light sensitive cell.
1. Rods
2. Cones
• Both found in retina which is a layer at the back of eye , it processes images .
• The two rods are responsible for vision in night as work in low light condition (
cannot distinguish different wavelength of light . )
• The cones are responsible for colour discrimination .
• There are 3 types of cones ( differ on the basis of photoreceptor protein they
make )
1. L- cones sense long wavelength ( red light )
2. M- cones sense medium wavelength ( blue light )
When you see an object ,
light enters your eye and
stimulates the cone cells.

Tour brain interpret the


signals from the cone cells
and enable you to see the
colour of object .

They work together


enabling us to see the
whole spectrum of colours.

FAULTY CONES THUS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COLOUR BLINDNESS


INHERITANCE PATTERN
ISHIHARAS TEST

• There are many tests available to measure colour vision defects but the most
common is the Ishiharas plate test
• It can test for red/ green colour blindness but not blue colour blindness.
• This test is most likely to be used in routine colour vision screening in schools or
medicals
• This test contains 38 plates of circles created by irregular coloured dots in two or
more colours.
SOME KNOWN PERSONALITIES WITH
COLOUR BLINDNESS

Mark Zuckerberg Bill Gates Christopher Nolan


Co-founder of facebook CEO of Microsoft British American Actor
In a 2006 interview, Bill Gates had Widely regarded as one of the
suffers from red-green color revealed he is color blind. Bill Gates
blindness, but that doesn't get best directors in the world,
typically tends to use the color black.
in the way of his ability to easily However, he reveals he does not have a Christopher Nolan also happens
identify the bright blue favorite color because of his color to have red-green color
Facebook logo. blindness. blindness.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NCERT CLASS 12
www.Wikipedia.com
www.byjus.com
www.vedantu.com

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