Question 1

how can people with normal color vision see the world?

Accepted Answer

Normally: This is the fortunately typical case. The eye takes in the visual input, converts it to an electrical signal which goes to the brain for interpretation and the picture of the world is generated in your consciousness.  If the color vision is normal, than the image is fully color.

Question 2

can someone tell me how people with normal color vision see the world?

Accepted Answer

Normally: I am guessing that you yourself are color deficient in some way.  We define the spectrum of what is seen by the "normal" as normal color vision.  Such a person can make distinctions between colored objects that you will not find possible.  This can be demonstrated to you but unfortunately since you lack that ability, it will not have great significance for you.

Question 3

does being exposed to green lighting (or some other color) 40hrs a week damage or alter my cones or color vision?

Accepted Answer

No: If the exposure is prolonged, you might experience some altered color vision aftereffects but the eye quickly remanufactures the proper light receptor pigments and the color vision you had before will be restored.

Question 4

whats "impaired" color vision?

Accepted Answer

Color bindness: There are several different levels and severities of color blindness. You can have red-green or blue-yellow blindness and they can be partial or complete.  The only way to know is to have color vision testing by your ophthalmologist.

Question 5

what is impaired color vision?

Accepted Answer

Color mistakes: Mostly this is an impaired ability to recognize colors across certain color confusion axes.  This is usually inherited and there is no treatment.  It occurs mostly in males -7%- and also in females -1%-.  But there are acquired forms in generalized retinal disease like diabetes or in optic nerve disease.  Your ophthalmologist can sort this out.

Question 6

how is this color vision test taken?

Accepted Answer

Using a color chart: Using a standard color chart with colors easily distinguishable they are pointed to and you are asked to identify the colors. This test is done to identify color blindness which is a hereditary condition.

Question 7

what is "impaired color vision" like?

Accepted Answer

Dull colors: Colors will seem duller and in some cases grey or black instead of the true color.

Question 8

could you explain what is "impaired color vision"?

Accepted Answer

Poor color recogniti: Impaired color vision comes from several inherited forms (90% in males) with poor distinction between ordinarily easily recognized color differences.  It can also occur with advanced retinal disease and a few rare CNS diseases.  In all cases, even with good acuity, colors will be confused.

Question 9

what is the definition or description of: impaired color vision?

Accepted Answer

Below normal tests: Color vision is tested by a variety of standardized testing devices and plates.  Impaired color vision is when there is failure to achieve a score of normal on the testing device used.  Most color deficiency is inherited but may also be caused by advanced retinal disease such as in diabetic retinopathy, and it may even be caused by certain brain strokes termed cortical color deficiency.

Question 10

what is the best treatment for color vision?

Accepted Answer

None: There are colored lenses and contact lenses which can shift the axis of color perception so that you might correctly identify some color vision test plates that you would miss with the naked eye.  But these devices shift your deficiency to a new axis; they do not treat the condition which is permanent and usually inherited.

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