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Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue Test David Oguns January 21, 2007 Rochester Institute of Technology ABSTRACT: The Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue Test is a test that measures the ability to discriminate hues. An experiment was conducted using this test under different lighting conditions. Lighting conditions are known to affect the ability to make color discrimination due to the nature of visual systems and color perception, and the results of the experiment supported this. It is important to understand what lighting conditions are optimal for color discrimination for many tasks that people may perform in their everyday lives or at work. Running head: 100 HUE TEST Introduction: Many jobs indirectly require employees have competent color vision to complete their tasks or to complete them more efficiently. There are various color tasks which are all affected differently depending by different color anomalies. Comparative color tasks pose a problem if an employee has abnormal color vision in any form because all color vision anomalies result in handicapped color discrimination (Cole, 2004). The 100 Hue Test is a very simple way to establish if there are any problems with the color vision of an individual. It is also able to indicate what type of color deficiency a person may have (FM 100 Hue Test) if they have one. The purpose of this experiment was to measure color vision discrimination in different lighting conditions. Based on the research done by Cole (2004, p. 263), signal illuminance affects the detection of colored signals even in a person with normal color vision. It is expected that the results of the Farnsworth-Muller 100 Hue Test will be different under different lighting conditions. Methods: This experiment was conducted by running two trials of the Farnsworth-Muller 100 Hue Test with one participant. One trial was performed under fluorescent Sylvania OCT 4100 bulbs and the other trial was conducted using a GE Reveal 60 Watt incandescence bulb. For each