COLOR VISION AND TRAFFIC

THE AIM OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO PRESENT BASIC FACTS CONCERNING COLOR AND COLOR VISION IN RELATION TO EMERGENCY LIGHTS, TRAFFIC SIGNS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND HEAD LAMPS. A STUDY IS MADE OF THE WAY COLOR IS PRODUCED IN NATURE, THE WAY MAN REACTS TO COLORS, THE INFLUENCE OF COLOR BLINDNESS AND ORDINARY CHANGES IN VISION DUE TO AGEING. /TRRL/

• Authors:
  • HEDIN, A
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Motor /UK/
  • Issue Number: 18

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Color; Color blindness; Color vision; Headlamps; Traffic signals; Traffic signs; Vision
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224703
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 1974 12:00AM