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COLOUR BLIND [6 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
  • Biological Sciences
CONT

... for some color blind people, color can only be distinguished if there is a sufficient "mass" of color: thin lines might appear black, while a thicker line of the same color can be perceived as having color.

Key term(s)
  • color blind
  • colourblind
  • colorblind

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
  • Sciences biologiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
  • Ciencias biológicas
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Record 2 1996-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

In bookbinding, a stamping technique in which an impression is made on the cover of a book without the use of colour or metal foil, and where the image is raised(as opposed to being sunken, as is the case in blind stamping).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Opération qui permet d'obtenir un motif en relief non encré sur la couverture d'un livre à l'aide d'une gravure en creux et d'une contrepartie en relief.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

In bookbinding, a stamping technique in which an impression is made on the cover of a book without the use of colour or metal foil and where the image is sunken, or in intaglio(as opposed to being raised, as is the case in blind embossing).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Opération qui consiste à empreindre en creux et sans encre les métaux, le papier ou le cuir.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

they were and are still called "blue record" or "colour blind".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

Elles ne réagissaient qu'aux couleurs se trouvant à l'extrémité gauche du spectre solaire, soient le bleu violet et l'ultraviolet.

Spanish

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Record 5 1990-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
CONT

The minimum visual acuity of both eyes... which is acceptable is 6/12 and the candidate for sport parachuting must not be red/green colour blind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Atteint de daltonisme.

OBS

daltonisme : Anomalie de la vue qui consiste dans l'absence de perception de certaines couleurs ou dans la confusion de couleurs (surtout rouge et vert).

Spanish

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Record 6 1980-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

Applied to a black-and-white emulsion sensitive only to blue, violet and ultraviolet light.

Key term(s)
  • colour blind

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

Se dit des émulsions en noir et blanc sensibles seulement au bleu, au violet et à l'ultraviolet.

Spanish

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