Specialized glasses will allow guests to experience artworks in greater detail and vibrancy.
OKLAHOMA CITY (September 12, 2025)—In recognition of International Color Blindness Awareness Month this September, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) is proud to announce a new partnership with EnChroma to make the Museum’s galleries more accessible and inclusive. Visitors with red-green color blindness are now able to borrow EnChroma’s specialized glasses—at no cost during their visit—to experience the full vibrancy of the artwork on view in a new way.
This initiative supports the Museum’s mission to enrich lives through the visual arts and to expand accessibility for all visitors. Color blindness affects one in twelve men (8%) and one in 200 women (0.5%)—an estimated 13 million people in the U.S. and 350 million worldwide. EnChroma glasses enable those with red-green color blindness to see an expanded range of colors more clearly and distinctly, while enhancing detail and depth perception.
“Artists use color to tell a story and to evoke emotion, but much of this intent and information is unavailable to millions of people who are color blind,” said Chris Dykes, CEO of EnChroma. “We are delighted that the Oklahoma City Museum of Art is supporting the needs of red-green color-blind visitors and enabling a better understanding and appreciation of art for them.”
Visitors may borrow EnChroma color blind glasses at the Museum’s front desk during operating hours. While not a cure or correction for color blindness, the patented lenses, engineered with special optical filters, work for approximately eight out of ten people with red-green color blindness. Results vary, but many users report seeing colors more vibrantly and distinctly than ever before.
“As a museum dedicated to enriching lives through the visual arts, we are excited to offer visitors with red-green color blindness the chance to experience the full vibrancy of color,” said Neely Simms-Peters, Senior Manager of Programs and Board Relations. “Through our partnership with EnChroma, these visitors can engage with art in a new, more meaningful way, making their time in our galleries even more memorable.”
OKCMOA invites visitors with color blindness to try on the EnChroma glasses during their visit, especially at the vibrant and colorful upcoming exhibition, Paul Reed: A Retrospective, opening on the Museum’s third floor in November. Learn more at okcmoa.com/accessibility.
Based in Berkeley, Calif., EnChroma produces leading-edge eyewear for color blindness and low vision, and other solutions for color vision, sold online and through Authorized Retailers worldwide. Invented in 2010, EnChroma’s patented eyewear for color blindness combines the latest in color perception, neuroscience and lens innovation to improve the lives of people with Color Vision Deficiency around the world. EnChroma received an SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It earned the 2020 Innovation Award in Life Sciences from the Bay Area’s East Bay Economic Development Alliance. For more information call visit enchroma.com.
Image Credits:
Right: Walt Kuhn, Tiger Trainer, 1932, oil on canvas, 44 1/2 × 29 1/2 in., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Friends of the Oklahoma Art Center, 1981.035, © Estate of Walt Kuhn, photo © Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Left: Artwork converted into color as seen by a person with deuteranopia.
