6J11.70 - Color Blindness

Code Number:
6J11.70
Demo Title:
Color Blindness
Condition:
Good
Principle:
Parameters of the Human Eye
Area of Study:
Optics
Equipment:
Color Blind Charts and Red and Yellow Filters.
Procedure:

Place the filters over the color blind chart figures.  People with normal vision should see a number appear.  People with color blindness will not be able to see a number and this blindness may be color specific (they may not see the number with the red filter, but they will see it will the yellow filter).

References:
  • Ronald D. Edge, "Color Blindness", TPT, Vol. 21, #4, Apr. 1983, p. 264.
  • W. A. H. Rushton, "Visual Pigments and Color Blindness", Scientific American, Vol. 232, #3, Mar. 1975, p. 64.
  • Nicole Wetsman, "Color-Blinded by the Light", Popular Science, Vol. 291, Summer 2019, p. 120.
  • Pat Murphy, Ellen Macaulay, and the Staff of The Exploratorium, "Color", Exploratopia, p. 301.
  • Ron Hipschman, "Recipe No. 165: Color Table, Exploratorium Cookbook III, p. 165-1 - 165-3.

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