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that's for red-green, which is why I said about 1 in 20 -- maybe closer to 1 in 25 -- but in total, all color vision deficiency types add up to around 1 in 12 people.
No it isn't. 1 in 12 men are colour blind. Only 1 in 200 women are colour blind.
https://enchroma.com/pages/facts-about-color-blindness
colorblindawareness.org seems to say it both ways
the thing here is even 8% is the total number of CVD men, that's inherited. there's also CVD that comes with age:
so that's more people. added to the 4.25% that would make 7.25% -- somewhere between 1 in 13 to 14 people. doesn't matter too much, it is significant and should be considered in design.