Seeing colour is often taken for granted and scientists believe that humans are merely sampling the possible ways of sensing the spectrum of light. Most of us see more colours than dogs but miss millions of colours that make up the world for birds, reptiles, and insects. Why do we see the colours we do? […]
What would Christmas be like without red and green? No candy canes, Christmas trees, or red-vested Santa? Traditionally, Christmas is all about green Christmas trees decorated with different coloured ornaments, red, gold, silver and blue,colourful Christmas gift wrapping and cards. Sadly for a person with a colour vision deficit, it all appears as dull shades of […]
The first step if you believe you have a colour vision deficiency is to have an accurate diagnosis from one of our qualified Colour Vision Optical, iRo lens, Optometrists. As colour vision deficiencies are inherited, diagnosis is usually not a surprise. That is unless the colour vision problem is related to the use of certain […]
Often, parents find out their child is ‘colour blind’ when they begin school. Some parents might worry their child will be disadvantaged as the years go on. But often as it is an inherited condition family support and knowledge can be helpful. At iRo Lenses we believe the term “colour blind” is misleading because it […]
