The UK Civil Aviation Authority hopes to introduce a new computer-based assessment of colour vision deficiencies for potential pilots by the end of 2007, which is set to become the international ...

Anyone who's ever stared in desperation at a paint colour chart will know that telling shades apart is not always the easiest task. Due to our biological differences, some people seem to have no ...

On this day in history: 250 years ago, John Dalton, the first scientist to formally describe the condition now known as colour blindness, was born. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she ...

While colour blindness is usually an inherited condition that can affect your ability to perceive colours, it can have a substantial impact on children's and young people’s lives—putting them on the ...

THE Kargil conflict was raging and I was sitting in the office when the switchboard put a call through. The call was to dramatically alter my perception of that Himalayan conflagration. After all it ...