Mrs. Brown - Color Blindness
Mrs. Brown - Color Blindness
Color Vision Deficiency/Color Blindness
Mrs. Brown
Use the following websites to learn about colorblindness, take the vision exams used to determine this disorder & view images as a color blind individual would see them.
National Institutes of Health’s Genetics Home Reference
An excellent description of color vision deficiency, the relevant genes & how this condition is inherited. A linkable glossary is also included at the bottom of the page.
Scroll down for sample tests to check for this condition.
Ishihara Color Blindness Test at
All the images & patterns can be observed by using the pull down menus. Use the perceived spectrum scale to experience how someone with color blindness perceives the images/patterns
An overall primer on vision & color perception is at the same site (color blindness is discussed about halfway down the page)…
Basic information about color blindness as well as an online test using shapes & numbers and a brief description of how this trait is passed from parent to child (click on “Why are you colorblind”).