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1. X-Chrome Contact lenses - Beat the Color Blindness Ever wondered why you don’t drive your car when the traffic signal turns green. You don’t compliment your girl when she wears a red one piece dress. You may be able to see the color red or green partially or none of it. Science explains this inability to identify or define colors as color blindness. Please note Color blindness does not mean you’re are visually blind. You can see everything around you. Only you cannot see red or green color or you’re having difficulty in pointing out the red or green around you. You can also see things around you of red colour. It’s just the colour you cannot see. DESCRIPTION In scientific language the deficiency is explained as “Color blindness, or color vision deficiency, is the inability or decreased ability to see color, or perceive color differences, under normal lighting conditions.” Source: wikipedia The Colour blindness aka colour vision deficiency is a very common problem throughout the world. More than 10 million cases are reported every year in India itself. This inability to distinguish colours is often inherited. Flows down the family same as diabetes. So far this no cure has been found for this. But treatment from your eye doctor may help. Now a days contact lenses are also available. The centre of the lens is marked green or red and when the contact lens is worn, the vision is filtered as red and you are then able to see the required colors easily. Images of these contact lenses for your reference: Not sure whether you are color blind or not?? You can take a test with your doctor. Or you can also take a free test online.

2. How does the online version test works? The test is known as Ishihara color test. It consists of series of pictures of coloured spots. The test is used to identify which color you are not able to see – red or green or both. Usually the pictures contain a figure or number embedded as spots in the picture in a slightly different color and is easily visible to people with normal vision. But if you are having a colour defect eye than you may not be able to see the figure. That’s the whole point of the test. The test is a complete set of pictures and helps you to diagnose which particular colour you are not able to identify. Take this test and find out whether you are color blind or not. What happens next when you find out you are color blind? Well you can wear glasses that enhance colors or you can wear contact lenses. X chrome color lenses are easily available online and are delivered worldwide. You can book your contact lenses for color blindness at www.bookmylenses.com.