Extending the color discrimination metric with consideration of illuminance level

Opt Lett. 2022 Apr 1;47(7):1851-1854. doi: 10.1364/OL.454786.

Abstract

Color discrimination is a crucial dimension for the visual assessment of white light sources. In this Letter, we took full advantage of data comparability among Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue (FM-100) color vision tests and modified our recent proposed color discrimination metric [Opt. Lett.45, 6062 (2020)10.1364/OL.400422] to make it effective in quantifying the color discrimination capability of lighting under multiple illuminance levels. The updated metric was developed based on a meta-analysis of 100 sets of combined visual data derived from three groups of visual studies containing 29 FM-100 trials and its superiority was comprehensively validated by 140 sets of combined data from five groups of studies with 42 FM-100 trials.

Publication types

  • Meta-Analysis

MeSH terms

  • Color Perception
  • Color Perception Tests* / methods
  • Color Vision Defects*
  • Humans
  • Light
  • Lighting