#monochromatic vision

• Achromatopsic person — A person affected by achromatopsia, suffering from a total visual anomaly characterized by the congenital or acquired inability to distinguish colors, perceiving the environment exclusively in shades of white, black, and gray. As an adjective, the term describes an individual, an eye, or a visual system exhibiting this severe and rare form of total color blindness.
• Achromatopsic — Suffering from achromatopsia; characterized by the total inability to perceive and distinguish the colors of the visible spectrum, with the world being perceived exclusively in shades of gray, white, and black. As a noun, it designates a male individual diagnosed with this rare congenital condition, caused by a severe structural dysfunction of the cone photoreceptor cells in the retina.
• Achromatopsia — A congenital or acquired ophthalmological condition, genetic or neurological in nature, characterized by the total inability to perceive the colors of the visible spectrum. The affected subject distinguishes only shades of white, black, and gray (monochromatic vision), a state often accompanied by reduced visual acuity, extreme sensitivity to light (photophobia), and involuntary eye movements (nystagmus).