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Document ID (ISN)40747
CIS number 83-1872
ISSN - Serial title 0771-2782 - Promosafe
Year 1983
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Voke J.
Title Colour vision and work
Original title La vision des couleurs et le travail [in French]
Bibliographic information Jan. 1983, Vol.10, No.64, p.16-18. Illus.
Abstract Colour-coded signs and signals are common in safety practice and must be interpreted correctly. Attention is drawn to the difficulties which some workers have in identifying colours, a situation which exposes them to serious accidents. Topics: defects of colour vision and their causes, colours which are confused in different types of colour blindness, colour coding, necessity of tests, methods of compensating for colour blindness.
Descriptors (primary) safety colours; hazard identification; colour vision; colour vision deficiency
Descriptors (secondary) vision tests
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Lighting, colour and vision
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the eye and vision damage