Visitors to the who have red-green color blindness can now borrow special glasses to enhance the colors they see inside the museum. Jason Le, a at the Portland Art Museum, was among the first people to try the EnChroma brand glasses at the museum last week. “A lot of my job is curation and art analysis and looking at art constantly, every day,” Le said.
“I think a lot of people experience art in completely different ways, and that’s one of the beautiful and powerful things about it.” Le stood in front of “ ,” a towering painting from 1630 that depicts a Spanish princess in a cherry-red satin gown. “I didn’t think I could see such vibrant reds,” Le said.
“It enhances the opulence of her dress. I can see a lot more shifts in the colors that I don’t think I have noticed before.” Portland Art Museum is believed to be the first museum in Oregon to offer to patrons, but they are available at various public spaces across the state.
In 2020, the city of Sandy became the first city in the nation to install at two locations that offer views of Mount Hood. Similar viewers are now also installed at the Bonneville Lock and Dam. Lincoln City recently purchased nine pairs of glasses, which can be borrowed by visitors .
Lenses on EnChroma glasses contain a light filter that increases the contrast in reds and greens, allowing most people with red-green color blindness to see a wider array of hues. The glasses don’t cure color blindness, but for people with the most.