title: Colour vision in normal subjects tested by the colour arrangement test 'Roth 28-hue desaturated'.
abstract: The aim of the study was to obtain normal values for the colour-arrangement test, Roth 28-hue desaturated. In 146 healthy non-smokers colour vision was tested monocularly. The subjects were divided into four age groups: 0-19, 20-39, 40-59, and 60-79 years. The overall error score for all groups was 54 +/- 24 (median +/- mean absolute deviation). The values for the 20-39 year group were significantly lower than those for the other groups (Kruskal-Wallis: P < 0.0001 with subsequent multiple Mann-Whitney test). An increasing predominance of errors along the blue-yellow-axis was observed with increasing age. The error scores of normal subjects tested by the Roth 28-hue desaturated were comparable with those on the well-known Farnsworth-Munsell 100-hue (FM-100). Because the Roth 28-hue desaturated is shorter and simpler to administer, it is an alternative to the FM-100 in situations that need to assess colour discrimination and error axis quantitatively and quickly.
authors.affiliation: Department for General Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stübiger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wohlrab
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zrenner
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Thiel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003119:Color Perception Tests / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values