March 25, 2015
Valspar Paints and eyewear manufacturer EnChroma have co-created glasses to correct red-green color-blindness.
While the sunglasses, which are meant for outdoor use in daylight, were first released two years ago, the company's new version is made from polycarbonate, a more resistant material, according to a product review by The Huffington Post.
Nearly 300 million people experience the world without color every day. ‘Color For the Colorblind’ is a short documentary about people experiencing color for the first time with the help of Valspar and EnChroma.
Color-coded tasks, like driving, enjoying nature, playing sports, cooking and eating, are all improved," Donald McPherson, co-founder of EnChroma, told The Huffington Post.
The aviator-style eyewear, which ranges in price from $325 to $450, addresses red-green color-blindness, which is the most common form.
Essentially, the glasses filter out specific portions of the visible color spectrum, removing wavelengths that overlap too much and cause the color confusion, according to Valspar.
The Ishihara Color test, developed by ophthalmologist Ishihara Shinobou almost a century ago, consists of circular color charts filled with colorful dots of varying sizes. Hidden within those dots are numbers, and those without color-blindness see the numbers easily.
Read the entire Huffington Post piece here.
