Adult Eye Care
COLORON Colour Vision Assessment and Lenses at Watchfield Opticians
If reds, greens, browns or other shades can be difficult to tell apart, a professional colour vision assessment can help you understand why.
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Watchfield Opticians offers specialist colour vision assessments and COLORON lenses for people with red-green colour vision deficiency. COLORON lenses are designed to improve colour discrimination by making certain shades easier to distinguish. They are an assistive option rather than a cure, and the effect varies from person to person.
What is colour vision deficiency?
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Colour vision deficiency, often called colour blindness, affects the way someone distinguishes between particular colours. The most common inherited forms affect red-green colour vision. This can make shades such as red and green, brown and green, or blue and purple harder to tell apart.
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For some people this has little effect on everyday life. For others, it can create uncertainty when choosing clothes, reading colour-coded information, working with coloured materials or simply trying to identify colours quickly and confidently.
Why colour vision matters personally to Raman?
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For Raman Aggarwal, principal optometrist and co-owner of Watchfield Opticians, colour vision deficiency is not simply a clinical subject: Raman has a colour vision deficiency himself.
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He knows what it is like to second-guess whether clothes match or find that colours other people describe as clearly different can appear much closer together. That personal experience helped drive his interest in bringing COLORON to Watchfield and giving people the opportunity to understand their own colour vision in more detail.
What is COLORON?
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COLORON is a range of colour vision enhancement lenses designed for people with red-green colour vision deficiency.
The lenses use optical filter technology to alter the way particular wavelengths of light reach the eye. The aim is to make some shades easier to distinguish, particularly colours within the red and green range.
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Different COLORON filter options are available because colour vision deficiency is not identical for everyone. The most appropriate option depends on the individual's type and severity of colour vision deficiency.
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COLORON eyewear is an assistive device. It does not cure inherited colour vision deficiency.
What happens during a COLORON colour vision assessment?
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For Raman Aggarwal, principal optometrist and co-owner of Watchfield Opticians, colour vision deficiency is not simply a clinical subject: Raman has a colour vision deficiency himself.
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He knows what it is like to second-guess whether clothes match or find that colours other people describe as clearly different can appear much closer together. That personal experience helped drive his interest in bringing COLORON to Watchfield and giving people the opportunity to understand their own colour vision in more detail.
What happens during a COLORON colour vision assessment?
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The purpose of the appointment is to understand your colour vision before deciding whether a COLORON lens is worth considering.
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Your assessment may include:
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1. Understanding your colour vision
We will discuss where you notice difficulties with colour and how this affects you in everyday life.
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2. Professional colour vision assessment
Your colour vision can be assessed in practice to build a clearer picture of the type of colour vision deficiency you have.
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3. Reviewing your results
We can explain what the assessment shows and discuss what this may mean for you.
4. Exploring COLORON filter options
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Where appropriate, suitable COLORON options can be explored so you can compare the effect for yourself.
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5. Discussing the next step
If COLORON is suitable for you, we can discuss the available eyewear options and how they fit with your wider optical needs.