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Color vision in children and the Lanthony New Color Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2008

BARBARA Y. LING  and
STEPHEN J. DAIN
BARBARA Y. LING
Affiliation:
School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
STEPHEN J. DAIN*
Affiliation:
School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Stephen Dain, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. E-mail: s.dain@unsw.edu.au
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Abstract

Much is known about color vision in infants, adolescents, and adults, but very few studies report the changes, which occur in color perception of children in their early schooling years. There is also a shortage of suitable color vision tests for children. This study investigated the changes in color vision of school students between 5–12 years old using the Lanthony New Color Test (NCT). Subjects of all ages were able to complete a shortened form of this test adequately. The Vingrys and King-Smith (1988) method of panel test analysis and Adams and Rodic (1982) color confusion score were adapted to analyze their performance of the test. This study confirmed that there are changes in color perception occurring in this age group. Color perception abilities increased as a function of age and there was also an improvement in the performance on the NCT with age. This can be attributed to both cognitive development and changes occurring to the color vision system.

Keywords

Color visionVision developmentChildren
Type
Research Article
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , May 2008 , pp. 441 - 444
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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