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Reuss colour chart

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Pseudoisochromatic charts for diagnosing deficient colour vision. Coloured letters printed on a coloured background. To a color blind person, the letters will appear to be the same color as the background. These charts are now obsolete.

  • J. Stilling:
    Tafeln zur Bestimmung der Blau-Gelbblindheit. Kassel, 1878.

  • A. von Reuss:
    Neue Methode zur Erkennung der Farbenblindheit.

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