Here is a picture I took in May 2011, at Monkey Town (Western Cape, South Africa). And below is the sketch I drew of this picture 🙂
Color Matters
Because I can’t leave you without adding some knowledge.
We take color for-granted, how often do you stop and look up at the blue sky? How grey would the world be without color? Even with the loss of one color the world is a different place. Below you will see how the color blind view color.

A rainbow of colors as viewed by a person with no color vision deficiencies.
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Color blindness is the inability or decreased ability to see color, or perceive color differences, under normal lighting conditions.
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The same rainbow as viewed by a person with protanopia.
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Protanopia is a severe type of color vision deficiency caused by the complete absence of red retinal photoreceptors. It is a form of dichromatism in which red appears black and therefore human can see light only from 400 nm to 650 nm. It is hereditary, sex-linked, and present in 1% of males.

The same rainbow as viewed by a person with deuteranopia.
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Deuteranopia is a color vision deficiency in which the green retinal photoreceptors are absent, moderately affecting red–green hue discrimination. It is a form of dichromatism in which there are only two cone pigments present. It is likewise hereditary and sex-linked.

The same rainbow as viewed by a person with tritanopia.
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Tritanopia is a very rare color vision disturbance in which there are only two cone pigments present and a total absence of blue retinal receptors. It is related to Chromosome “7”.
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For more info on Color Blindness visit these sites:
Both your parrot photo and drawing are lovely.
janet
Thanx Janet 🙂