People who suffer from blue/yellow color blindness have difficulty distinguishing between blue and yellow colors. USE THIS TEMPLATE Blue/Yellow Color Blindness Men, however, only have one X chromosome, and don’t have a “spare” to fall back on. The reason for this is because the genes responsible for this condition are contained within the X chromosome.īecause women have two X chromosomes, any deficiencies in one will typically be compensated by the other. Red/green color blindness is inherited, and affects males more than females. The deuteranopia color spectrum looks like this: