People with red-green color blindness may now overcome daily inconveniences and obstacles with the first safety glasses especially designed for color blindness. EnChroma, a California-based solutions company, engineered a pair of glasses to help an estimated 350 million color blind people in the world correctly identify and interpret colors.

“Those with color vision deficiencies can struggle to comprehend colorful information at work which can lead to frustration, lost productivity, and potential safety issues,” said Erik Ritchie, CEO of EnChroma. “EnChroma safety glasses enable the color blind to better see brightly colored warning signs and labels while reducing the everyday difficulties they experience in fields ranging from landscaping and construction to biosciences and advanced manufacturing.”

The safety frames and lenses meet ANSI Z87.1 recommended impact standards to help reduce the risk of impact-related injury and protect from UV radiation, dust, dirt, and splashes. The glasses address most types of red-green color blindness.

“Performing industrial maintenance involves eye hazards all day and EnChroma safety glasses protect your eyes while giving you the benefit of enhanced color vision working indoors and outdoors,” said Kyle Scholz, US Army Corps of Engineers, Mount Sterling, Ohio. “The glasses are also super comfortable, which is a must when wearing safety glasses, and they look good too.”

Its patented lens technology is engineered with special optical filters to help people with color blindness see an expanded range of colors more vibrantly, clearly and distinctly. A recent study by scientists at the University of California, Davis, and France’s INSERM Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, demonstrated the effectiveness of these glasses.