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Color blindness tests
 
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Color vision test

Alternative names:

vision test - color

Normal values:

Normally all symbols are distinguished.

What abnormal results mean:

This test can determine the following abnormalities:

  • protanopia (difficulty distinguishing between blue/green and red/green)
  • deuteranopia (difficulty distinguishing between red/purple and green/purple)
  • tritanopia (difficulty distinguishing between yellow/green and blue/green)
  • achromatopsia (complete color blindness where you can only see shades of gray


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