i know you've put 'colour-blind' in quotes but what does that mean exactly?  I ask because you clearly identify people by their race/ethnicity.  I assume what you mean is that you recognised people's humanity, that their 'race'/ethnicity were irrelevant. Language matters. If I'm black or white or whatever and a friend said to me 'I dont see you as black, white, whatever, I'd be miffed, maybe even insulted because blackness/whiteness/ whateverness is part of who I am, you would in essence be denying part of who I am, the richness and complexity of who I am, shapes my lived experiences, not 'seeing' me makes space to ignore experiences I might have based on those differences or worse, feel guilt if they are negative experiences, etc, etc....unless one is blind, one sees differences.  Its about loving the person and all the glory of said differences.