Colour blindness, also known as colour vision deficiency, is a condition in which an individual has difficulty seeing specific colours or shades of colours. Colour blindness can range from mild to severe and can affect how people see colours differently. The most common form of colour blindness is caused by a genetic defect in the […]
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 […]
