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No, you can't. A friend of mine couldn't become a commercial pilot because he has some kind of colourblindness.

However, I remember him trying for some time and even campaigning for colourblind people to be admissible as commercial pilots because for the actual flying colourblindness doesn't seem to matter.

So, perhaps ridiculous as it may sound taking colourblindness into account when proposing such an improvement isn't such a weird idea after all.

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You can become color blind later though.

Commercial pilots are generally required to take a regular medical (it's every 6 months or 12 months in the UK).

If a pilot were to acquire colour blindness, they'd be obliged to ground themselves and report the condition to the aviation authority.

Or temporarily from medication, particularly those used to treat erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia [1][2].

[1] https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/av...

[2] https://www.leftseat.com/viagra.htm

... and as a professional pilot, you'd probably have to consult a flight physician if you were taking meds like these.

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