Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Diagnosis of tritanopic vision by means of the D & H color-rule

  • Published:
Albrecht von Graefes Archiv für klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Summary

11 tritans of whom 4 were first diagnosed 20 years ago were tested with the D & H Color-Rule and found to exhibit a characteristic pattern of extended matching areas.

Zusammenfassung

Der von der Firma Davidson & Hemmendinger unter der Bezeichnung Color-Rule hergestellte Test zur Farbsinnprüfung an metameren Farben hat sich als ein nützliches diagnostisches Hilfsmittel zur Diagnostik der verschiedenen Formen der partiellen Farbenblindheit bewährt. In früheren Untersuchungen sind die für Deutero- und Protostörungen typischen Ergebnisse der Untersuchungsmethode dargestellt worden. Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt die charakteristische Form und Ausrichtung der Verwechslungszone bei Tritanopien. Die Untersuchungen wurden an Patienten mit congenitaler Tritanopie durchgeführt. Der Vorteil des Tests liegt in seiner geringen Größe, seiner einfachen Handhabung, seiner universellen Verwendbarkeit und in der Eindeutigkeit der ermittelten Ergebnisse.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Hemmendinger, H., Davidson, H. R.: Color measurement in industry. Proc. Symp. on Colour Measurement in Industry, Imperial College, April 1967

  • Jaeger, W., Birus, B., Lauer, H. J., Buhr, A., Neuhann, Th.: Tritanopie und Tritanomalie. Verh. Dtsch. Ges. Ophthal. 1973. (In press)

  • Kalmus, H.: The familial distribution of congenital tritanopia with some remarks on some similar conditions. Ann. hum. Genet. 20, Pt. 1, 39–56 (1955)

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kalmus, H.: Metarneric ‘Color Rule’ matches of normal, colour deficient, cataractic and aphakic observers. Ann. hum. Genet. 36, 109–118 (1972)

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kalmus, H., Luke, I., Seedburgh, D.: The impairment of colour vision in patients with ocular hypertension and glaucoma (with special reference to the D & H color-rule). (in preparation)

  • Krill, A. E., Smith, Vivienne, C., Pokorny, J.: Similarities between congenital tritan defects and dominant optic nerve atrophy; coincidence or identity? J. opt. Soc. Amer. 60, No 8, 1132–1139 (1970)

    Google Scholar 

  • Wright, W. D.: Characteristics of tritanopia. J. opt. Soc. Amer. 42, 509–521 (1952)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Galton Laboratory, University College London, UK

    H. Kalmus & D. Seedburgh

  2. Universitäts-Augenklinik, Heidelberg

    T. Neuhann

Authors
  1. H. Kalmus
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. T. Neuhann
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. D. Seedburgh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kalmus, H., Neuhann, T. & Seedburgh, D. Diagnosis of tritanopic vision by means of the D & H color-rule. Albrecht v. Graefes Arch. klin. exp. Ophthal. 191, 121–125 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00407825

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00407825

Keywords

Search

Navigation