red-green
Traffic light pair
Red-green describes the combination or contrast of red and green, most commonly in red-green colorblindness—the inability to distinguish between these hues, affecting about 8% of men.
In political contexts, red-green refers to coalitions between socialist (red) and environmentalist (green) parties: a red-green government in Germany.
Inability to see red
- deuteranopiaInability to perceive green
- daltonismDefective color perception
- anomalousDeviating from expected norms
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
hereditary · mutation · screening · discrimination · photopigment · cone · inheritance · confusion
Movement along routes
- stoplightIntersection flow controller
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
- pedestrianOne traveling afoot
yield · halt · proceed · caution · indicator · warning · control · safety
Light-sensing tissue layer
- photoreceptorsCells sensing light
- conesTapering geometric solids
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- optometryEye and lens healthcare
ophthalmology · visual · eyesight · ocular · pigments · afterimage · sensitivity · adaptation
Mutually supplying lacks
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
polarity · clash · interplay · counterpoint · holiday · festive · opposing · vibrant
protanopia
Inability to see red
- deuteranopiaInability to perceive green
- daltonismDefective color perception
- anomalousDeviating from expected norms
genetics · hereditary · mutation · screening · discrimination · photopigment · cone · inheritance · confusion · deficiency
traffic
Movement along routes
- stoplightIntersection flow controller
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
pedestrian · yield · halt · proceed · caution · indicator · warning · control · safety · regulate
retina
Light-sensing tissue layer
- photoreceptorsCells sensing light
- conesTapering geometric solids
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
optometry · ophthalmology · visual · eyesight · ocular · pigments · afterimage · sensitivity · adaptation · neural
complementary
Mutually supplying lacks
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
dichotomy · polarity · clash · interplay · counterpoint · holiday · festive · opposing · vibrant · striking
red-greenblue-yellow
Two complementary primaries
light-dark · black-white · luminance · achromatic · right-wing
green, red, redness, greenhouse, greenery, greenish, redden, reds, redder