Colour blindness

Just heard in the commentary on the O'Sullivan/Wilson match, that there are colour blind players playing at top level, which I would have thought unlikely.

Apparently, Mark Williams, Mark Allen, Peter Ebdon and Marco Fu are all colour blind.

Are there any other top players?

JohnC wrote:Just heard in the commentary on the O'Sullivan/Wilson match, that there are colour blind players playing at top level, which I would have thought unlikely.

Apparently, Mark Williams, Mark Allen, Peter Ebdon and Marco Fu are all colour blind.

Are there any other top players?

Andy Lee I think

I only knew about peter ebdon

There are levels of colour blindness. I have moderate colour blindness. I believe Ebdon has the most severe of the present players. Jimmy White is another who is at least partially colour blind.

HappyCamper wrote:i think it's something like 1 in 12 of the general population are colour blind. and it skews slightly towards men. so i wouldn't be surprised if there were a few more.

Yes. Far more men are colour blind than women.

There is actually an island in the South Seas where most of the residents are colour blind.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34346428

Nobody told me you'd feel so good
Nobody said you'd be so beautiful
Nobody warned me about your smile
You're the light, you're the light
When I close my eyes, I'm color blind
You make me color blind

Andre147 wrote:And regarding the subject, if the player asks the referee, he must tell which colour he's refering to, and normally that would be red and brown.

I once saw Ebdon play at the brown thinking it was a red, pretty sure this came at the Grand Prix, 2006 or 2007.

It was in the 2008 Grand Prix in Glasgow.

Here is a clip where Ebdon talks about colour blindness. I am green/blue colour blind which is not as common.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIonVI2vI90