Students Gave a Color-Blind Teacher Special Glasses, and His Reaction to Seeing Color Is Beautiful

My husband is color-blind, but he so rarely mentions it that I never really saw it as a meaningful disadvantage. He can generally see fine, so what's the big deal? Welp, this video of a high school teacher receiving the gift of full-color sight has changed my mind.

Tyler Henderson, a choir director, is currently directing the Alabama school's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, but when his students recently discovered he was color-blind, they were determined to help him see their performance as vividly as possible.

The Lee High School thespian group raised money to buy EnChroma glasses, which allow color-blind people to see colors, namely red. When giving the gift to Tyler, the students sang a song from the musical and held up a banner that read: "You helped us see our colors. Now we're helping you see yours."

When Tyler put on the new glasses, which look like sunglasses, he looked astounded.

"They work," he responded while looking at the colorful balloons filling the room. He then sat down on the stage and broke down in tears. "For about six or eight hours after I got the glasses, I had trouble putting them on without getting teared up. That's one of the sweetest things anyone has ever done for me."

Those glasses aren't cheap — they cost anywhere from $300 to $600 — but I'm considering a pair for my husband. At the very least, Tyler's reaction made me realize just how much the ability to see color truly matters.