Some colorblind defects affect the way people dress. Owens may not have the real idea of what some colors really look like. Matt List, also a sophomore at McKinley, is colorblind. He found this out when he took a colorblind test in the fourth grade. He could not find the pictures hidden in the page of colorful dots.
List has trouble recognizing blue and purple, red and green, and gray and pink.
List, who has never seen a doctor about his colorblindness, admits that he relies on his mother's input to keep his clothes coordinated. Kris Shrewsberry, a junior at McKinley, had been told he was colorblind during a routine checkup at the eye doctor when he was 8 years old. Shrewsberry doesn't really get individual colors mixed up like some people. Mike Sholtis, a student at Malone College, found he was colorblind when he was in the first grade. Sholtis does have trouble matching his clothes at times.