COLOR BLIND TESTER

COLOR BLIND TESTER can be used to test your vision whether normal vision or not.

Information about color blind test :

A color blind test is a device your eye doctor uses to determine if you have a color vision deficiency, commonly known as color blindness. If you think you might be color blind, please try to test using this color blindness tester just for reference. Detail accurate of the test should be performed by professional doctor

There are two types of color blind tests: screening tests that can detect the presence of a color vision problem, and more detailed quantitative tests that can detect a color vision deficiency and determine the type and severity of color blindness.

Screening Color Blind Tests

The most widely used screening test for color blindness is the Ishihara Color Vision Test. The test is named after Japanese ophthalmologist Shinobu Ishihara (1879-1963), who devised the procedure and first published a description of it in 1917.

The Ishihara Color Vision Test consists of a booklet, each page containing a circular pattern (or "plate") comprising many dots of various colors, brightness and sizes.

The seemingly random colored dots are arranged in such a fashion that a person with normal color vision will see a single-digit or two-digit number within the array of dots. But a colorblind person will either be unable to see a number or will see a different number than the one seen by a person with normal color vision.

The complete Ishihara Color Vision Test contains 38 plates. Abbreviated versions that contain 14 or 24 plates are more frequently used as screening tests during a comprehensive eye exam.

People being tested generally view the Ishihara plates in normal room lighting while wearing their normal prescription glasses. Because the Ishihara test requires the person being screened to recognize and identify numbers, the test may be less reliable when testing the color vision of very young children.

A term frequently used to describe the color plates of the Ishihara Color Vision Test is "pseudoisochromatic." This alludes to some of the colored dots in the pattern that may at first seem equal ("iso-") in color ("chromatic") with surrounding dots. But this is a false ("pseudo") sameness, and the difference that exists enables a person with normal color vision to detect the "hidden" number within the array of dots.

Since the introduction of the Ishihara Color Vision Test, medical device companies have developed similar color blindness screening tests using pseudoisochromatic plates.

For example, the ColorDx computerized color vision test (Konan Medical) is a self-administered, self-scoring app that comes preloaded on an Android tablet. In addition to testing for genetic color blindness, the ColorDx app can detect color vision deficiencies that can develop later in life due to glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular edema and other disorders, as well as color vision problems associated with long-term use of medications and other substances, according to the company.
Quantitative Color Blind Tests

For a more detailed analysis of color blindness and/or a person's ability to accurately perceive colors, a quantitative color blind test is needed. The most popular such test is the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test.

This test consists of four trays containing many small disks of varying hues. Each tray has a colored reference disk at one end. The person being tested must arrange the other disks within the tray to create a continuum of gradually changing hue.

For accurate results, the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test should be administered in a viewing booth that simulates natural daylight as closely as possible. Also, the colored disks should be replaced at least every two years to prevent loss of color saturation that could affect outcomes.

Each colored disk is numbered on the bottom to enable scoring the results against a key.