Jay Lonewolf Morales - Colorblind Painter Extraordinaire

Painting: “Solomon’s Eyes”



Jay Lonewolf Morales is an astonishing painter that suffers from monochromacy – complete color blindness — the rarest and most uncommon form of color blindness. He is one of only five in the world that suffers from achromatopsia, or rod monochromacy, which also affects sensitivity to light. The artist can only see in black and white and shades of grey, yet all of his paintings are done with vivid colors.
Jay doesn’t permit others into his studio while he works. “I cry every time I paint because I cannot enjoy the pigments of my labor. My realm resides in shades, with the creative independence of free flowing serenity.” says Jay. “I can’t see what I’m doing. My hands flail around half-hazardly. I’m trying to create what I call my children.” LINK



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Wearable computer for colorblind painter

Neil Harbisson, the artist who painted the works above, suffers from achromatopsia, complete color blindness. He now paints with the assistance of the Eyeborg system, a head-mounted camera that identifies 360 colors and translates them into sounds that Harbisson hears in an earpiece.
Harbisson is fortunate in that he has both an art background (his Spanish mother is an amateur artist) and a musical one. He has played the piano since he was a youngster, and this has helped him to assimilate the sounds. “It’s like the chords and scales of a piano and the different sounds they make,” he said. “So it’s as if I’m composing on the piano.” He also wears the Eyeborg in everyday life. “I’ve got used to all the sounds,” he said. “It’s noisy but probably not much more noisy than a very busy city street.” LINK