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Museum guests who are red-green colour blind can now borrow special EnChroma glasses from the Chau Chak Wing Museum and experience exhibitions 鈥� for example the vast array of blue hues in the聽Coastlines exhibition聽鈥� in clear, vibrant colour for the first time.

鈥淭he accessibility of art and design is always top of mind at the Chau Chak Wing Museum and we are very pleased to be the first venue in Australia to offer this technology through EnChroma鈥檚 Colour Accessibility Program,鈥� said Dr聽Paul Donnelly, Deputy Director of the Museum.

鈥淭his partnership is another important step forward in our inclusivity goals, helping people who are colour blind to experience the full wonder and vibrancy of the exhibitions we have on offer.鈥�

One in 12 men (8 percent) and one in 200 women (0.5 percent) are聽colour vision deficient; an estimated 350 million people worldwide.聽More than one million Australians are colour blind, as are over 3,500 of the 83,000 students and staff at the University of Sydney.

While people with normal colour vision see over聽one million shades of colour, those with colour vision聽deficiency聽only see an estimated 10 percent of hues and shades.聽As a result, colours can appear dull, indistinct, and difficult to discern.

Tim Robinson was among the first to try the glasses in the museum. 鈥淚鈥檓 a regular visitor to the Museum and know lots of the works well. But I saw many of them in a completely new way for the first time 鈥� with different colours and depth and clarity. I have problems with blue and purple so the beach and sky in the paintings of Sydney Harbour, for example, were much more clearly defined.鈥�

鈥淏ut most impressive was revisiting the Museum鈥檚聽Egyptian Galleries聽again 鈥� I鈥檝e always been fascinated by archaeology so it was fantastic to see the full range of colours. I wish I鈥檇 had these when I toured Egypt.鈥�

David Eliovson said the glasses gave him a greater appreciation for the skill of artists. 鈥淲hen I look at聽South Sea Beauty聽with the glasses on I can see all the variations in how Chevalier has painted the green sea and how some shades of colour are vividly brighter than others, adding to the overall effect.鈥�

鈥淭he biggest wow moment was when I looked at聽a bridal skirt from Papua New Guinea. Without the glasses, I thought the skirt was a dull reddish colour that had faded with age. With them on I realised that it is bright red and has been wonderfully preserved from the 1970s.鈥�

A museum fan who once spent a 12-hour layover in New York visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, David supports making the glasses available in museums more widely.

鈥淭he mission of EnChroma is to enable those with colour vision deficiencies to access more of life鈥檚 colourful experiences through our specially engineered eyewear,鈥� said Erik Ritchie, CEO of EnChroma.

鈥淲e are excited to collaborate with the University of Sydney鈥檚 Chau Chak Wing Museum to make its colourful works accessible to those with colour blindness. We encourage other museums, universities and public institutions in Australia to support accessibility as well."

EnChroma鈥檚 patented lens technology聽is聽engineered with special optical filters that enable聽people with red-green colour blindness to聽see an expanded range of colours more vibrantly, clearly and distinctly.聽聽by the University of California, Davis, and聽聽published in the scholarly journal聽, demonstrated the effectiveness of EnChroma聽glasses.

EnChroma continues to lead in advocating for 鈥渃olour accessibility鈥� through its聽. The program helps venues including schools, state parks, libraries and museums 鈥� such as the Chau Chak Wing Museum 鈥� to purchase and loan EnChroma聽glasses聽to help make schoolwork, attractions and experiences that involve colour accessible to the colour blind.