Do Colour Blindness Glasses Work?

In an article published in Optics Express, one of the most relevant journals with a great impact in the field of optics, researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have debunked the effectiveness of these glasses for color vision deficiency (CVD), proving that theEnChroma®glasses don't make color blind people's ...

Do color blind glasses really work?

Preliminary research suggests the glasses do work — but not for everyone, and to varying extents. In a small 2017 study of 10 adults with red-green color blindness, results indicated that EnChroma glasses only led to significant improvement in distinguishing colors for two people.

Do colorblind glasses fix color blindness?

So color-blindness glasses don't “fix” color-blindness, but they can make it easier for people — color-blind or not — to tell colors apart. It should be noted that because there are different types of color-blindness, for some people, these glasses won't do anything at all.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

Gaming, Esports & Interactive Media Writer

Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.