What treatments are available for color vision deficiency?
To my knowledge, congenital (you’re born with it) colorblindness is permanent and there is no genetic cure. For the future, there has been some interesting research into gene therapy as a cure http://www.neitzvision.com/content/genetherapy.html. Many people have asked if colored/tinted lenses can correct a color vision deficiency. Wearing prescribed colored/tinted lenses will allow people with color vision deficiencies to pass a pseudo-isochromatic test, which is the test provided on TestingColorVision.com. It is sometimes referred to as the Ishihara Color Plate Test but its correct name is pseudo-isochromatic color vision test. It has been said that wearing these prescribed colored/tinted lenses will allow a color vision deficient individual to correctly pick colors in occupational fields that either recommend or require normal color vision such as electronics, law enforcement, graphic and fine arts, and engineering. One of the most well known experts in the field of colored/tinted le
