mù màu
Definition
Noun:
- Color blindness: A visual condition where a person has difficulty distinguishing between certain colors, most commonly red and green, due to the eyes' inability to perceive color differences normally.
Adjective (describing a person):
- Color-blind: Having the condition of color blindness.
- Figuratively, lacking perception or discrimination: Used to describe someone who fails to notice or appreciate important distinctions, especially in non-visual contexts like social or artistic matters.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Mù màu là một tật bẩm sinh. (Color blindness is a congenital condition.)
- Adjective:
- Anh ấy bị mù màu nên không phân biệt được đỏ và xanh lá. (He is color-blind, so he cannot distinguish between red and green.)
- Nhà phê bình đó hoàn toàn mù màu trước vẻ đẹp của nghệ thuật đương đại. (That critic is completely color-blind to the beauty of contemporary art.)
Advanced Usage
- "Mù màu đỏ-xanh lá": Red-green color blindness, the most common type.
- Dạng mù màu phổ biến nhất là mù màu đỏ-xanh lá. (The most common form of color blindness is red-green color blindness.)
Variants and Related Words
- Loạn sắc (n): Another, more technical Vietnamese term for color blindness.
- Khiếm khuyết thị giác màu (n): Color vision deficiency.
Synonyms
- Color vision deficiency: A more formal term for color blindness.
- Achromatopsie (French loanword, medical context): Achromatopsia, a severe form of color blindness.
Related Idioms
- While "mù màu" itself is a medical term, its figurative use is common. There is no specific idiom, but it is used in phrases like:
- mù màu chính trị (politically color-blind): Failing to see or acknowledge political differences or nuances.