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Steve Jones - 29 Mar 2008 15:44 GMT
When an optician asks you to determine whether the black circles on a
red background or green background is sharper I assume this is to
determine mild short or long sight?

Which way round is it?  If the green background produces sharper black
circles is that long or short sight?

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Steve
Dr Judy - 29 Mar 2008 17:29 GMT
> When an optician asks you to determine whether the black circles on a
> red background or green background is sharper I assume this is to
> determine mild short or long sight?

No.  It is to balance the two eyes with regard to the chromatic
variation in refraction.   White light is composed of light of many
different wavelenghts and does not come to a precise focus on the
retina.  Shorter wavelengths of light (blue and green) are refracted
more than longer wavelengths by an optical system like the eye.  So
green will focus slightly in front of the retina and red slightly
behind.  If the optician has slightly overplussed your prescription,
red light will be on the retina and clearer than green light; if
slightly overminused, green light will be clearer.   White light
appears equally clear to a slightly overplussed compared to a slightly
overminused eye.  When determining your glasses precription, the
examiner wants to make sure that both eyes are left in the same
condition:  both "in the green", both "in the red" or (ideal) both
with red and green equal.  If the two eyes are not left in the same
condition, there may be discomfort wearing the glasses.

> Which way round is it?  If the green background produces sharper black
> circles is that long or short sight?

If looking without glasses and with only a very small refractive
error, most myopes will see the red slightly clearer.   Hyperopes
should see the green clearer, but accommodation by the eye may affect
that result and they may see them equal or the red clearer.

Judy
Steve Jones - 29 Mar 2008 18:35 GMT
In article
<3513a60b-600f-4aba-a562-0eddecb58369@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, Dr
Judy <mpace99@rogers.com> writes
>If looking without glasses and with only a very small refractive
>error, most myopes will see the red slightly clearer.   Hyperopes
>should see the green clearer, but accommodation by the eye may affect
>that result and they may see them equal or the red clearer.

Ah ok understand this more now.

With no glasses on sometime looking at blue lights, more so at night I
notice they look quite blurred at times - would that indicate slight
hyperopia or myopia?

I assume hyperopia as blue is further along the spectrum that green

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Dr Judy - 30 Mar 2008 17:22 GMT
> In article
> <3513a60b-600f-4aba-a562-0eddecb58...@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, Dr
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> notice they look quite blurred at times - would that indicate slight
> hyperopia or myopia?

Light at the blue end of the spectrum scatters the most both in air
and in the eye.  Which is why the Smoky Mountains look gray/blue or
smoky.

The blur you notice around blue lights is more a measure of air
humidity than of refractive error and will be noticed by both
hyperopes and myopes.  On a clear, crisp winter night when the air is
very dry then possibly it indicates slight hyperopia.

Judy

> I assume hyperopia as blue is further along the spectrum that green
>
> --
> Steve

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