Today is International Color Blindness Awareness Day!

Please join us in support of International Color Blindness Awareness Month (September) and attend our EnChroma accessibility program launch on Saturday, September 17, 1 - 4 pm. At this event, individuals who experience color vision deficiencies or color blindness can try our EnChroma glasses and vividly experience the artworks on view in the museum's galleries. Not sure if you have color vision deficiencies? Members of the public will be able to test their color vision.

More About Color Blindness 

Did you know that one in 10 men (8%) and one in 200 women (.5%) are color blind -- 13 million in the US, 30 million in Europe and 350 million worldwide? People with red-green Color Vision Deficiency (CVD, or “color blindness”) only see about 10% of the one million hues and shades visible to those with regular color vision. That’s why at work, school, in daily life, or when exploring nature or viewing artwork, it’s hard for them to see red or green or any colors containing them. 

To the red-green color blind, red looks brown, pink seems gray, green appears tan, yellow or gray, and purple looks blue. To them, colors seem dull, “washed out,” and are difficult to tell apart.

Here is a sample image from the Mulvane’s collection as it might appear to color-blind viewers.

Alarmingly, a lot of color blind people don’t even find out they’re color blind until after 7th grade (nearly 50%) and almost 20% don’t learn they’re CVD until after high school, according to EnChroma. That’s why the Mulvane Art Museum supports educating the public about color blindness and its effects.

Have questions about this new and exciting accessibility program? Please contact us at (785) 670 - 1124 or [email protected]