Wiregrass Museum of Art to Loan EnChroma Glasses to Color Blind Visitors
Wiregrass Museum of Art (WMA) and EnChroma® – creators of glasses for color blindness – today announced that WMA will loan EnChroma glasses to visitors who are red-green color blind so they can more fully experience the colors in its exhibits.
- Wiregrass Museum of Art (WMA) and EnChroma® – creators of glasses for color blindness – today announced that WMA will loan EnChroma glasses to visitors who are red-green color blind so they can more fully experience the colors in its exhibits.
- While people with normal color vision see over one million shades of color, the red-green color blind only see an estimated 10% of hues and shades.
- EnChroma is the lead advocate for “color accessibility,” helping universities, state and national parks, libraries, museums, and other organizations purchase and loan EnChroma glasses to color blind students and guests.
- They enhance color for approximately 80% of red-green color blind people who have all three of the color cones in their retina functioning properly.