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# My Dad Sees in Real Color for the First Time in 74 years
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/my-dad-sees-in-real-color-for-the-first-time-in-74-years/
- Published: 2017-09-27T18:23:48.000Z
- Updated: 2017-09-27T18:23:48.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers

For his 75th year and his first trip overseas (to Ireland), I chipped in with my siblings to get my dad Enchroma glasses to correct for his red-green color blindness.

Youtube is filled with [Enchroma videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtd8%5FWwSF9wqufdhMEscjOAoMJcb0Z%5FVU&ref=cjchilvers.com), in which the wearers of these glasses have incredibly emotional reactions to seeing real color for the first time. Some weep. Some scream. I could watch them all day.

My dad is a stoic, a football coach from the south side of Chicago, so I didn't expect a huge reaction. I just wanted my dad to have the experience, whether or not he reacted outwardly.

Loving photography as much as I do, the gift of vision is one I don't take lightly. This was probably a lot more emotional for me than him.