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WEEK ,OF JANUARY 24, 6, 2022 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 2020
New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings
A little help seeing colors
Anythink showcasing glasses that help colorblind see shades BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Ryan Oakes was born colorblind but it wasn’t until first grade when his mother discovered it. “My mom was watching me color the tree trunks green and the leaves brown. She said, let’s get you tested,” said Oakes. He’s in good company. One in 12 men and one in 200 women are colorblind totaling about 13 million in the United States, 30 million in Europe, and 350 million worldwide. EnChroma, a company that manufactures glasses that let the colorblind see colors, surveyed approximately 1,000 colorblind people and parents of colorblind children shared experiences on how their colorblindness - technically called Color Vision Deficiency - has impacted their education. Ryan Oakes wearing the indoor EnChroma glasses viewing the Anythink Wright Farms Library art exhibit for people “The evidence is overwhelming that colorblind- with colorblindness to view and experience colors. PHOTO BY BELEN WARD ness creates learning challenges for color-blind Art became part of the EnChroma Color Accesstudents. Parents, educators, and politicians sibility program, lending EnChroma glasses to must become more aware of the prevalence of visitors with colorblindness to experience the color vision deficiency its impact, and take accolors of art. tion,” said Erik Ritchie, CEO of EnChroma. Anythink Wright Farms was inspired by this Oakes tried a pair of Enchroma glasses two program, according to Stacie Ledden, Anythink years ago, it was an emotional change. director of strategic partnerships. They began “When driving along the road flowers would loaning the glasses to members in December, ofjust blend,” he said. “With these glasses, I could fering an EnChroma kit that includes the glasses see the red and the green flowers, and also all the and a book with colorful illustrations. The kits fall colors when traveling. The indoor contrast is can be checked out for up to three weeks, allowdifferent. It’s cool,” said Oakes. ing color-blind visitors to experience their homes Anythink Library Wright Farms is hosting a and community in color. program featuring the glasses this month, alAnythink is also offering a limited number of lowing colorblind members to borrow a pair and MCA passes to its customers that check out the perhaps see color for the first time. kits. They’ve also posted photos and art in the “The library is responding to community library, with two versions of each piece. One apcounty is required to follow based on the By Ellis Arnold needs by site offering to Anythink pears way a normally-sighted would rapid A longthe line of cars outside the cityperson of Brighton’s testing at EnChroma glasses severity of a county’s local virus spread. Community Media Wright Farms customers,” LeddenColorado said. “The see them. The other has been edited to show how Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent The dial grew out of the state’s safer-atglasses offer a new perspective on the world. By a colorblind person would see them. weeks to high demand. County’s 14-day making test positivity As Denver metro counties continue todisplays homeatorder — the policyatthat came after glassesrate available for checkout to custom“I wasdue excited when I heardAdams the library was ofOne of the Anythink Library Wright to local stay-at-home orders ersHealth experiencing CVD, we inch havecloser the potential of theAnythink’s statewide stay-at-home this fering the glasses as so of myNov. wife17,got me these. Farms shows how bright orangeorder mascot was 15.9 percent, according toWhen Tri-County Department. helping men and 1,093 women in Adams you’re confronted with something to you, looks standing spring on green lawn with anumerous red bicycle for of under Colorado’s system of coronavirusand allowed types Brighton and Commerce City’s testnormal positivity rates were both17,845 higher than County to see many colorsrelated for therestrictions, first time.” and then you see change on how the world is, it’s normally sighted individuals, left, and those with color the state announced businesses to reopen. 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have emotional.” COURTESY PHOTO blindness. a new level of rules that prohibits indoor The state recently switched to color died COVID-19 related health issues. To limit theSeeing spread of COVID-19, red…and green It’s from part of EnChroma’s Color Accessibility and personal gatheringsaccording —a identifiers to the study.— levels blue, yellow and People with normal vision see over one Program helps moved schools,tostate parks, librar- that prohibits at least 15that counties tighter restrictions indoor andcolordining change that applies to the majority of the EnChroma glasses are built special optimillion shades of color. The colorblind only see orange rather than with numbered levels — to ies, museums, public venues and other organizapersonal gatherings. cal fi lters that help the colorblind see the range approximately 10 percent of hues and shades. tions purchase and loan EnChroma glasses to Denver metro area and many counties in avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red of colors within theaspectrum of colors more Common colors that the color-blind colorblind students to help with homework and other regions.are conmeant stay-at-home order. Now, level vibrantly with the accuracy of colors. fused with are green, yellow, gray, pink, purple, visitors to see colorful exhibits, and attractions. The state’s COVID-19 dial, which has red — “severe risk” — is the secondThe EnChroma glasses were invented by blue, by red,Belen and brown appearing muted and dull. Photo Ward been in effect since September, is the set Since 80% of information is processed visually it Seeing art of different of restrictions that each studentslevels in school, In 2019, the Denver’s Museum of Contemporary causes issues for color-blind SEE COLORS, P6
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