The optometrist I go to said it was a pretty severe case of colourblindness, however compared to other colourblind people I know, its not too bad. I have 2 cousins who fully cannot distinguish red from green, where as I think of mine to be closer to an optical illusion.
Green/Red street lights are easy to tell apart, but the amber light in the middle can look very close to either depending on the light level outside. A red flower amongst a green leaves is something I would overlook, unless it was pointed out to me. Then I would have to search for the flower. While looking directly at it, its pretty apparent its different from the green leaves but to spot it without previous knowledge that its there is a difficult task (This situation came up yesterday while someone was pointing out a wild rose among a hedge.).
Overall it I would say it doesn't have an effect on my daily life. I can still wire up a RJ-45 connector under good light conditions (I use my phones flashlight to do it). Oddly enough, being colourblind has made me better than my coworkers at wiring up Cat6, as I double and triple check each of my connectors quite thoroughly to make sure there is no mistakes (As me making a mistake will directly be blamed on colourblindness and my abilities will be called into question, if a coworker makes a mistake it is just that - a mistake).
A friend of mine discovered his color blindness when he joined the military and took an eye exam. He said he never noticed things like stoplights red/green being very similar because he just thought that was how it is supposed to be.
Green/Red street lights are easy to tell apart, but the amber light in the middle can look very close to either depending on the light level outside. A red flower amongst a green leaves is something I would overlook, unless it was pointed out to me. Then I would have to search for the flower. While looking directly at it, its pretty apparent its different from the green leaves but to spot it without previous knowledge that its there is a difficult task (This situation came up yesterday while someone was pointing out a wild rose among a hedge.).
Overall it I would say it doesn't have an effect on my daily life. I can still wire up a RJ-45 connector under good light conditions (I use my phones flashlight to do it). Oddly enough, being colourblind has made me better than my coworkers at wiring up Cat6, as I double and triple check each of my connectors quite thoroughly to make sure there is no mistakes (As me making a mistake will directly be blamed on colourblindness and my abilities will be called into question, if a coworker makes a mistake it is just that - a mistake).