NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Jessamine county parents captured the moments of their 12-year-old son having the brightest experience at the Cincinnati Reds game last weekend, and his emotional moment has exploded on social media. 

What You Need To Know

  • 12-year-old Colton Hurst surprised with EnChroma glasses during Cincinnati Reds baseball game

  • Colton was born colorblind

  • A specially designed pair of EnChroma glasses that allow him to see the full color spectrum

  • The video clip has since gone viral on Twitter

Jason Hurst, Colton's dad, tells Spectrum News 1, "I’ve seen countless videos of people who get the glasses and just their reaction and I was like I want that for him one day."

The ability to see colors is a gift most of us take for granted. Born colorblind, 12-year-old Colton never knew what he was missing.

"My certain type of colorblindness I can see different shades of like pink and red and orange," explains Colton.

While in Cincinnati for a baseball tournament last weekend, Colton received a very special early birthday present from his parents before the Reds game.

"This opportunity came about by going to the Reds game and we knew he couldn’t see red like the rest of us could see red so like what a better way to see red for the first time at a Cincinnati Reds game," explains Hurst.

A specially designed pair of EnChroma glasses that allow him to see the full color spectrum. 

"It was very overwhelming like I couldn’t even speak for about five minutes whenever I put them on. I mean its just I saw red. I’ve never been able to see red in my life," said Colton.

"Little things, the yellow purse blew his mind. And what really messed him up was a guy that came walking by in a tie dye shirt on, it was very colorful," said Hurst.

Inside the Great American ballpark the father of two along with the crowd could not hold back the happy tears.

"I had a hard time holding the camera steady cause I was crying, my wife was crying, all of our baseball family parents were just bawling. It was a beautiful sight," explains Hurst.

The touching moment has since gone viral on social media with over three million views on Twitter.

"We take the small things for granted stuff that we see everyday its nothing to us, but for somebody in his situation it’s like a brand-new world has opened up to him," adds Hurst.

Colton is now hoping his eye-opening experience will encourage others to seek the corrective glasses.

"I hope this story can find other people like me so they can also try out the colorblind glasses also," said Colton.

According to EnChroma, colorblindness affects about 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women experiencing it in some form.