Farnsworth dichotomous D 15 Colour Vision Test
 Catalogue Number: 3331 Farnsworth dichotomous D 15 Colour Vision Test Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Colour Vision Test : Staff of Coles and Garrard Melbourne Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1987 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Melbourne Publisher/Manufacturer: Staff of Coles and Garrard Description Of Item: Polished hinged wooden box with two brass clips and a black interior 380 mm x 50 mm x 32 mm containing 16 hollow centred caps each containing one of the series of Munsell papers comprising the Farnsworth Panel D 15 Colour Vision Test. Reverse of each cap has a hand-written numeral from 1 to 15 relating to the correct placement by a subject with normal colour vision. The initial reference cap is attached to the box and has 'P' hand-written on the reverse. The ends of the box have a Dymo label D 15 affixed. Historical Significance: The Farnsworth Panel D 15 test was devised to categorise colour defectives into protan, deutan and tritan using the confusion loci of each of those types of colour defect. This set was manufactured by a group of employees of Coles and Garrard supervised by Judith Orenstein (Steward) in order to provide each of the company's branches with a Panel D 15 test. The boxes were made by Michael Sutton, husband of archivist Pamela Sutton. A few sets were available for purchase by non Coles and Garrard employees. How Acquired: Donated by Colin Bates Date Acquired: 19/6/2017 Condition: Good. Reference cap not glued to box Location: Archive room. West wall. Unit 1 Drawer 2 |