Did you know that one in 10 men (8%) and one in 200 women (.5%) are color blind — 13 million in the US, 30 million in Europe and 350 million worldwide? People with red-green Color Vision Deficiency (CVD, or “color blindness”) only see about 10% of the one million hues and shades visible to those with regular color vision. That’s why at work, school, in daily life, or when exploring nature or viewing artwork, it’s hard for them to see red or green or any colors containing them. To the red-green color blind, red looks brown, pink seems gray, green appears tan, yellow or gray, and purple looks blue. To them, colors seem dull, “washed out” and difficult to tell apart.
Stop in to the library to test your color vision in under 2 minutes. Please join us in support of International Color Blindness Awareness Month .
The Greenwood Area Library has partnered with EnChroma to help spread awareness of CVD.
Enter for a chance to win a pair of EnChroma Outdoor Colorblind Glasses.
Two winners will be chosen. Recipients must be colorblind. Recipients cannot need prescription lenses as the EnChroma glasses will not be prescription.
Click the link below to enter to win:
Click the link to test your vision:
https://enchroma.com/pages/test
EnChroma glasses help people with red-green color blindness experience more vibrant, enhanced color. The glasses are not a cure for color blindness, work for eight of 1people with deuteranomaly or protanomaly type red-green color blindness and results and reaction times vary. Please note these caveats in any posts or copy when possible. A study by the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio illustrated the benefits of the glasses.
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