EnChroma Colorblind Glasses at Joplin Public Library

Joplin Public Library has partnered with EnChroma’s Color Accessibility Program, which helps public venues, schools, state parks, libraries, museums, and other organizations purchase and loan EnChroma glasses to patrons.  Because of this program, the Library’s art gallery and the Joplin community will now be more accessible to colorblind patrons due to the purchase of three sets of EnChromas glasses. Patrons may check out the glasses free of charge for in library use at the Reference Desk or the Children’s Service Desk effective immediately. An additional pair is also available to be checked out of the library through the Library of Things.

While people with normal color vision see over one million shades of color, those with red-green color vision deficiency are estimated to see only about 10% of hues and shades. As a result, many colors appear dull, muted, washed out and indistinguishable; purple looks blue, red seems brown, gray appears pink, and green and yellow can look similar. EnChroma’s patented lens technology is engineered with special optical filters that increase the separation between color channels to help people with color blindness see colors more vibrantly, clearly and distinctly.