Every single medical I ever went to, they never ever skipped the Ishihara test. Perhaps you should go to an eye specialist who can explain your condition better. Technology might eventually catch up to solve the issue. There are some color vision enhancing glasses out there. Sometimes the right AME can figure out how to push through or do a special issuance, so instead of a plain VDL,VNL, VML you would get an "xyz color lenses required" or "color enhancing corrective lenses for night" or something, let's call it VCL.
AMEs and specialists will work with you as long as you are honest to yourself and them. Since you passed the other test your condition may be correctable with special glasses, again you should seek a specialist to figure out if your deficiency is correctable or may become correctable with technology in the coming years. Since we live in the age of monitors almost everyone needs some type of vision correction sooner or later. However, your administrative dishonesty is also something you have to work your way through. You failed yourself in handling your decision making process. The good news is you still got a 2nd class. 10-20 years ago you might not have qualified to drive a car, nevermind getting airborne, so you're pretty lucky overall.
Last edited by lilpilot; 19th May 2021 at 02:45.