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Ishihara test

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Ish·i·ha·ra test (sh-här)
n.
A test for color-vision deficiency employing a series of plates on which numbers or letters are printed in dots of primary colors surrounded by dots of other colors; the figures are discernible by individuals with normal color vision.

Ishihara test [ish″e-hah´rah]
a test for color vision made by the use of a series of pseudoisochromatic plates or charts.


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If a doctor gave you an Ishihara test what are they testing for?
The standard tests for colour-blindness that he refers to are the Ishihara tests, designed by Dr Shinobu Ishihara of the University of Tokyo, and first published in 1917.
 
 
 
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