After complimenting his wife Helen on her new blue dress, Lamont proceeded to put on a red tie and a green coat, thinking they were both a yellowish brown. Lamont most likely has

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Lamont's confusion between colors (seeing a red tie and a green coat as yellowish brown) suggests he has a color vision deficiency, commonly referred to as color blindness. This condition often leads to difficulty distinguishing between certain colors, rather than a total inability to see color (which is rare). Visual agnosia is a condition where one cannot recognize objects, total color blindness (seeing only in shades of gray) is extremely rare, and having only rods with no cones would result in very poor vision overall, not just color vision issues.

After Complimenting His Wife Helen on Her New Blue Dress