First off, I'm not colour blind and so not an expert. However I have heard it mentioned on more than one occasion that in the future, airlines may accept colour blind pilots in a multi-crew environment, but on the condition that the other pilot did not have this issue. Now time frame, no idea (could be 20 years away) but improvements in avionics are making colour blindness less of an issue. With an abundance of low-hour pilots right now, there isn't really any drive to push this through. I've scoured the internet for you, but can't find any reference to this. Maybe a uber-ppruner may be able to back this up or dismiss it - this is a rumour forum after all.
However I spoke with a chap who is stratospherically high up in a major airline, he brought this topic up in light conversation, and he said airlines would probably secretly discriminate if this was the case, as it would make scheduling a pain in the back-side for them.
So I offer you a glimmer, but its an old spoon at the end of an ocean-spanning tunnel.
However you are 17, so you get the same answer as every other 17 year old. Forget about it for now, finish college, go to uni, get another profession to fall back on first. Then in 4 years if things look like changing and there are any jobs, even for those with full colour vision, then look back about it. At the moment its a dream. Leave it there and dream away because dreaming costs nothing. Its when you start spending, the nightmare begins.
