title: Clinical implications of color vision research.
abstract: The attributes of color and the mechanisms underlying normal and defective color vision are reviewed. The clinical implications of some research efforts bearing on congenital and acquired color defects, peripheral color vision, and the influence of photostable pigments on color vision and color vision tests is presented. This presentation is intended to illustrate how selected avenues of research have contributed to our understanding of color vision and to demonstrate the clinical utility of that research.
mesh_terms: D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology; D003119:Color Perception Tests; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D012168:Retinal Pigments
chemical_list: D012168:Retinal Pigments