Assessment of colour differences in silicone hand and digit prostheses: Perceptible and acceptable thresholds for fair and dark skin shades

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-16

  Leow, Michael E L ^a   Ow, Richard K K ^b   Lee, Man Hang ^a   Huak, Chan Yioung ^c   Pho, Robert W H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colour assessment; Colour matching; Colour thresholds; Silicone prostheses

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COLORIMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ETHNIC GROUP; FINGER; HAND PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; PROSTHESIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SKIN COLOR;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLORIMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HAND; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS COLORING; SILICONES; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 33646838038     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640500465096     Document Type: Article

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