DEFECTIVE COLOUR VISION IN INDUSTRY

Abstract

A COMMITTEE of the Colour Group of the Physilcal Society has performed a valuable task for the benefit of the community in preparing its recent “Report on Defective Colour Vision in Industry”*. It is written in a style which will be readily understandable by non-technical readers. Starting with a clear account of the nature and incidence of defective colour vision, it goes on to describe various colour vision tests, and mentions an almost alarming variety ; an interesting chapter deals with colour vision in industry and the Services, from which it appears that there is a strong case for pre-vocational testing and routine examination of the colour vision of school children. A concluding chapter makes a series of *Report on Defective Colour Vision in Industry. By a Committee of the Colour Group. Pp. 52. (London : Physical Society, 1946.) 3s. 6d. net. recommendations, of which perhaps the most important is that “all children should be tested at school at the age of 13 or over, using one of the approved Confusion Chart Tests”. Confusion chart tests are also suggested as suitable for pre-vocational tests for a great variety of industries and trades.