Understanding Color Blindness & Why Pediatric Eye Exams Matter

Color vision deficiency (CVD), commonly called color blindness, is usually genetic and affects just shy of 4% of the U.S. population. About 1 in every 12 males has some version of color blindness, while only about 1 in 200 women is affected.

While relatively rare, children and parents need to have accurate diagnoses early on to support the children as they enter preschool and kindergarten. This is one reason we encourage scheduling eye exams for children before they enter elementary school.

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