This study proposed to answer the following question: Do partially seeing children see the Snellen E, printed in selected colored inks on various colored backgrounds, at different distances in terms of initial recognition and best focus? Thirty myopic children were tested in Los Angles County District. Forty-two stimulus color combination cards were randomly presented out of focus. The subject was to report the figure's directionality and tell at what distance best focus was obtained. Different combinations yielded various discriminabilities.
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