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daltonico

colour-blind

adjective dahl-TOH-nee-koh Rare
Body & Health Senses

Origin: Named after the English chemist John Dalton, who described colour blindness in 1798.

Usage Note

Daltonico describes a person affected by daltonismo (colour blindness). The feminine is daltonica; plurals daltonici / daltoniche (note the -ch- spelling to preserve the hard 'k' sound before -e). The condition is much more common in males: roughly 8% of men vs 0.5% of women are affected.

Examples

"Mio cugino è daltonico e confonde i colori."

Natural Translation

My cousin is colour-blind and confuses colours.

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