Review Article

Colour vision: A review of the Cambridge Colour Test and other colour testing methods

Nabeela Hasrod, Alan Rubin
African Vision and Eye Health | Vol 74, No 1 | a23 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/aveh.v74i1.23 | © 2015 Nabeela Hasrod, Alan Rubin | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 September 2014 | Published: 25 May 2015

About the author(s)

Nabeela Hasrod, Department of Optometry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Alan Rubin, Department of Optometry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Abstract

The evaluation of colour vision and discrimination of an individual forms an integral part of a routine eye and vision examination. With the increasing prevalence of inherited colour vision deficiencies, defects of colour vision can be detected in an optometric practice by means of a variety of tests available. The present article comprises an overview of the design and function of a selection of colour vision tests that are administered manually and, in some cases, have been modified to form a computerised version.

Keywords

Trichromatic vision, tritan, protan, deutan, retinal photoreceptors, chromaticity, Cambridge Colour test

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