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Color vision and age in a normal North American population.

M S Roy¹, M J Podgor, B Collier

¹National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Graefe'S Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Fur Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie

|January 1, 1991

Summary

Color vision declines with age, with optimal discrimination between 20-50 years. Age and lens changes significantly impact Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue test scores, but Lanthony Desaturated Panel D-15 norms are less reliable.

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Area of Science:

Ophthalmology
Vision Science
Gerontology

Background:

Age-related changes in color vision are well-documented.
Standardized tests are crucial for assessing visual perception across different age groups.

Purpose of the Study:

To establish age-specific normative data for the Farnsworth-Munsell (FM) 100-Hue and Lanthony Desaturated Panel D-15 (DD-15) tests.
To investigate the relationship between age, lens status, and color discrimination abilities.

Main Methods:

Administered the FM 100-Hue and DD-15 tests to 115 healthy North American adults aged 5-81 years.
Analyzed color discrimination error scores in relation to participant age and lens changes.

Main Results:

Color discrimination peaked in individuals aged 20-50 years.

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Increasing age and lens changes correlated significantly with higher FM 100-Hue error scores.

Age-specific norms for the FM 100-Hue test aligned with previous European data, while DD-15 norms showed greater variability.

Conclusions:

Age significantly impacts color vision, particularly affecting performance on the FM 100-Hue test.
The FM 100-Hue test provides reliable age-specific norms, whereas the DD-15 test may exhibit higher variability.
Lens changes are a significant factor in age-related color vision decline.