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How does color blindness work?

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Color blindness occurs when there is a problem with the pigments in certain nerve cells of the eye that sense color.

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Color blindness occurs when there is a problem with the pigments in certain nerve cells of the eye that sense color. These cells are called cones. They are found in the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye, called the retina.
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