title: A new colour vision test for clinical use.
abstract: Several tests are available for assessing colour vision but they can be expensive, complicated or too time consuming to perform. We have produced a new plate test based on pseudoisochromatic principles. The test, using an error score, examines both the red-green and blue-yellow axes, with four levels of difficulty for each axis. Results from a pilot study show that error scores from congenital red-green blind subjects are significantly higher than those of age-matched controls (p < 0.01) only when using the red-green plates and not the blue-yellow plates. In optic neuritis patients, error scores using both the red-green and blue-yellow plates were significantly higher than those of controls throughout the 6 month follow-up. The test, including scoring, takes 6 minutes to complete. These preliminary results suggest that the new test is effective for screening congenital red-green blindness and monitoring colour vision defects in acquired diseases such as optic neuritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Alwis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003118:Color Perception; D003119:Color Perception Tests / Q000379:methods*; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity