[Proper lighting for color vision testing: The TRUE COLOR LED lamp - an innovation in this field]. 2021

J Leid, and G Kraft
Ophtalmologiste, Pau, France. Electronic address: jean.leid@safeleid.fr.

Given the latest trend in light sources, and in particular, the widespread use of LED lamps, we began to rethink the old lighting standards for colour vision testing. We (J. Leid) therefore conceived a new, easy to use, calibrated lamp with a specific ergonomic design, emitting light with a spectrum close to that of the standard D65, and perfectly adapted to pigmentary colour vision tests. A prototype conforming to a strict set of specifications in terms of quality and quantity of light, as well as ergonomics, was tested against a Macbeth lamp and fluorescent lighting, on controls and patients with congenital and acquired dyschromatopsia. Tests performed using our new lighting reveal, at a minimum, the same types of dyschromatopsia as the ones found with the old devices, and, in some cases, led to a more precise diagnosis, which we confirmed using an anomaloscope. These results demonstrate that an appropriate LED lamp permits perfect colour vision testing and appears superior to prior technology. The objective of the True Color LED Lamp is to offer practitioners a modern, energy-efficient, maintenance-free, compact, effective technological tool with specific ergonomics and a colour spectrum that provides optimal lighting for pigmentary colour vision testing, coupled with a double level illumination, which constitutes a favourable replacement for older devices which are no longer available or insufficiently calibrated.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008029 Lighting The illumination of an environment and the arrangement of lights to achieve an effect or optimal visibility. Its application is in domestic or in public settings and in medical and non-medical environments. Illumination
D003116 Color The visually perceived property of objects created by absorption or reflection of specific wavelengths of light. Colors
D003117 Color Vision Defects Defects of color vision are mainly hereditary traits but can be secondary to acquired or developmental abnormalities in the CONES (RETINA). Severity of hereditary defects of color vision depends on the degree of mutation of the ROD OPSINS genes (on X CHROMOSOME and CHROMOSOME 3) that code the photopigments for red, green and blue. Achromatopsia,Color Blindness,Monochromatopsia,Color Blindness, Acquired,Color Blindness, Blue,Color Blindness, Green,Color Blindness, Inherited,Color Blindness, Red,Color Blindness, Red-Green,Color Vision Deficiency,Deutan Defect,Protan Defect,Tritan Defect,Achromatopsias,Acquired Color Blindness,Blindness, Color,Blue Color Blindness,Color Blindness, Red Green,Color Vision Defect,Color Vision Deficiencies,Defect, Color Vision,Defect, Deutan,Defects, Color Vision,Deficiencies, Color Vision,Deficiency, Color Vision,Green Color Blindness,Inherited Color Blindness,Red Color Blindness,Red-Green Color Blindness,Vision Defect, Color,Vision Defects, Color,Vision Deficiencies, Color,Vision Deficiency, Color
D003119 Color Perception Tests Type of vision test used to determine COLOR VISION DEFECTS. Color Perception Test,Perception Test, Color,Perception Tests, Color,Test, Color Perception,Tests, Color Perception
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000222 Adaptation, Physiological The non-genetic biological changes of an organism in response to challenges in its ENVIRONMENT. Adaptation, Physiologic,Adaptations, Physiologic,Adaptations, Physiological,Adaptive Plasticity,Phenotypic Plasticity,Physiological Adaptation,Physiologic Adaptation,Physiologic Adaptations,Physiological Adaptations,Plasticity, Adaptive,Plasticity, Phenotypic
D055253 Color Vision Function of the human eye that is used in bright illumination or in daylight (at photopic intensities). Photopic vision is performed by the three types of RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTORS with varied peak absorption wavelengths in the color spectrum (from violet to red, 400 - 700 nm). Photopic Vision,Daylight Vision,Color Visions,Vision, Color,Vision, Daylight,Vision, Photopic,Visions, Color

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