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Color Vision Testing

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Clinical color vision tests; Color vision screening; Diagnosis of defective color vision

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Color vision testing is the assessment of chromatic discrimination ability and the diagnosis of any perceptual deficiency according to its severity and quality (see Paramei and Bimler, “Protanopia”; Paramei and Bimler, “Deuteranopia”; Bimler and Paramei, “Tritanopia”; Rodríguez-Carmona, “Environmental Influences on Color Vision”). Tests vary in sensitivity, specificity, ease of use, and time required for administration [1–4]. Many were designed primarily for vocational screening for congenital deficiency, an issue in any occupation where color-coding conveys information (e.g., railways, aviation, electronics) [5, 6]. Testing is also important for assessing and monitoring acquired color abnormality, appearing as a manifestation of visual-system pathology resulting from ophthalmological diseases (e.g., glaucoma, ocular hypertension), systemic or neurological diseases (e.g.,...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, Liverpool Hope University, Hope Park, L16 9JD, Liverpool, UK

    Galina V. Paramei

  2. School of Psychology, Massey University, Private Bag, 11-222, Palmerston, North, New Zealand

    David L. Bimler

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Correspondence to Galina V. Paramei or David L. Bimler .

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Modern, Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Ming Ronnier Luo

  2. School of Design, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Ming Ronnier Luo

  3. Graduate Institute of Colour and Illumination, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Ming Ronnier Luo

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Paramei, G.V., Bimler, D.L. (2016). Color Vision Testing. In: Luo, M.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8071-7_374

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