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Web resources regarding color vision
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Introductory Material
(Great short film on an individual's perspective of color and their color deficiency) media type="youtube" key="AUsups6Mk3I" height="339" width="552"

(A version of the short film more geared towards kids.)

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(Persons personal video post on 'Why I hate being color blind', stop after ~2:20) media type="youtube" key="djDtg_jM-0Y" width="560" height="315"

(A more serious perspective about how color vision deficiency can affect careers/lives - Full movie coming from a funded Kickstarter, stop at 3:30) media type="vimeo" key="124562632" height="393" width="700"

**General information sites:**
http://apps.npr.org/lookatthis/posts/colors/ (Fun/trivia/history lesson on some colors)

**General information sites:**
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**A forum for people with/interested in discussing aspects of color vision deficiency:**
http://www.colblindor.com/color-blindness-forum/

[|http://www.colourmed.com] (Generally there are no color vision requirements for the eye/medical professions, but there are definitely things to be aware of...)
 * Color 'blindness' and medicine/optometry/ophthalmology:**

Anomaloscope demo: media type="youtube" key="4d_SeKfM9GA" width="560" height="315"

__**(Tests are for learning/fun, not validated by research studies for screening/diagnosis at this time):**__
__**Online Arrangement Tests: D15 / FM100 Hue--**__ [] (D15)(This site also has a lot of good links) [] (D15)
 * (THIS LINK IS USED FOR AN AT HOME LAB)**

[] (FM100 Hue, Colblindor)

[] (FM100 Hue, X-rite) __**Arrangement Test Plotting and Quantitative Scoring-**__ []

__**Online Ishihara/Ishihara-like Tests---**__

[] (Follow link, then click on "__Le test d’Ishihara"__ from the left side menu)
 * (THIS LINK IS USED FOR AN AT HOME LAB)**

[] & Konan/ColorDx(same test) http://www.konanmedical.com/ColorDx/
 * (There is a free version (example test) and fee per test version for this test, latest/most commercial of new digital color tests)**

__**Other:---**__ [] (An interesting PIP type test with subtests for all types of CVDs)

__**A unique/dynamic color test**__ []

Someone’s online experiment involving color naming for their MS thesis. @http://cenatus.org/people/dimitris-mylonas/

[] [] (Additional GREAT links off of this page) []
 * Terrace Waggoner’s Pages:**

**Color Vision Deficiency Simultation/Simulators:**
[] (Vischeck is a way of showing you what things look like to someone who is color blind)

[] (A nice simulation program on the web that allows different severity levels of a particular type to be displayed (note: all of these program use the same algorithm) - though using the slide at levels less than 1.0 (i.e. dichromacy), is technically less accurate)

[] (Blog about Vincet van Gogh's work and color deficiency)

Treatment/'Treatment':
(The well known X-Chrom lens was first on the market, now there is Chromagen, and other still other practitioners custom tint their own SCLs)

[] (Another iteration of magenta lenses, company also markets different tints to EMTs/phlebotomists) (Started out as "02amp")

[] (A 'newer' version of the 'X-chrom' lens)

[] (A PubMed abstract on the X-chrom lens)

[] (Chromagen's current website - Dyslexia too?) [] (Chromagen's page on CVD's + Testimonials) [] (Cites some studies done with the lenses)

[] (A PubMed abstract on the Chromagen system)

[] (A private practitioner advertising color correcting lenses)

[] (A practitioners site on Chromagen lenses) [] (Colorblindor's page on color correcting lenses - Lists 4 'companies')

http://www.genevolve.com/ [Went out of business (~2015) before product officially launched] (Genetic Testing for Color vision deficiency and form for Subject/Dr. Recruitment for planned Gene Therapy Studies)

[] (Apparently the newest player in the game on color vision 'treatment' via tinted lenses...) [] (Video ad for EnChroma/Valspar paint) media type="youtube" key="csx_PHKJei8" width="672" height="377" (More from Enchroma themselves...) media type="youtube" key="R2_vq7IOsog" width="672" height="377"

__**Enchroma Videos by Dr. Ng**__

(Severe DA, Anom = 0 to 51) media type="youtube" key="sEMFT6q8XyQ" width="672" height="377" (Moderate-Severe DA, Anom = 0 to 35) media type="youtube" key="YQum8bJZErw" width="672" height="377" (Mild DA, Anom = 21 to 26, Fails book, perfect D15) media type="youtube" key="V3tPyGEw4QA" width="672" height="377" (Moderate-Severe PA) media type="youtube" key="spo3f94VqQw" width="560" height="315"

Another recent/new player... http://www.O2amp.com

AV Content:
[|Brief explanation of gene therapy and color vision] media type="youtube" key="0IBT-jGja28" height="390" width="640"

[|Jay Neitz's Lab/Gene Therapy] media type="youtube" key="MEeU8CV_3Mo" height="390" width="640"

(Below: Pre and post-video of Dalton) []

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(More from the Neitz's) media type="youtube" key="EgPMc90uXlU" width="560" height="315"

__**Academics/Labs involved in Color Vision Research:**__
[] (Munsell color vision)
 * Rochester Institute of Technology (lab pages):**

[] (Ask a color scientist and other good resources on their root page.)

[] (Good general as well as advanced resources/information)
 * Neitz - UW (lab pages):**

[] (Terrific databases of color science fundamentals)
 * CVRL (Colour & Vision Research Laboratory / Stockman et al):**

__Color Science (Tables/Conversions/Programs/Etc):__
[] (Terrific databases of color science fundamentals)
 * CVRL (Colour & Vision Research Laboratory / Stockman et al):**

[|http://www.brucelindbloom.com] (Very detailed calcuations/calculators)
 * Bruce Lindbloom's Pages**

[] (Good calculators/other resources)
 * Easy RGB**

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 * Wolfram Page**

(Can look up color mixes/colors using text entry and get back various specifications)
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 * Color science for painters:** Has a lot of technical resources/papers, including xyY to Munsell (and back) conversions.

__Professional Societies/Organizations:__
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 * International Colour Vision Society:**
 * [|http://www.icvs.info]**
 * Inter-Society Color Council (USA):**
 * CIE (International Commission on Illumination):**

__Industry/Commercial sources for Color Vision Tests (Validated Tests):__
__More Coming soon...__

__Computer based tests:__

[] (Cambridge colour test, Examines ellipses along confusion lines)

[] [] [] (City University Test, 'CAD' - Now commercialized) []

__Standard clinical physical tests:__ [] (Nearly any PIP/Arrangement/Anomaloscope test can be found from this company as a manufacturer for some and distributor for others)