[Measurement of color-coordinates of the fundus by the color-comparison method with a widened measurement scale (author's transl)].

The method of color measurements by visual comparison was first described in 1974, but the original method was not always adequate in documenting fundal changes in patients being treated with vasodilatators. In these cases the color coordinates reached the threshold of the measuring scale or went beyond it in the livid color area. A few years ago the color measuring instrument was supplied with a new filter system for this purpose and was necessary to move the left cornerpoint of the measuring scale far into the blue range. The instrument and the physical data are described, the standard color values x and y being found by transformational equations. The technical error was measured on a phantom eye. In a defined group of 100 normal eyes (=100 testing persons) the standard color values of the temporal and nasal papillary segments were measured. They are graphically demonstrated in the now widened x; y measuring scale. Clinical use and results will be described later.