Therapeutic Color
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The College of Syntonic Optometry is your source for all information about treating health conditions with light. NOTE: Therapeutic color is a general term within which the practice of syntonics exists.
Roscolux filters may be used for testing for potential benefits from the use of therapeutic color. In fact, this was how Dr. Harris got started in treating his patients with color in the 1980’s.
Posters/papers
Validation of Standardized Testing Protocol for the Clinical Application of Colored Filters - Paul Harris COVD 2016
A paper by Ernie Loewenstein, which he prepared for a CSO meeting held in Boston in the 1990’s, shared here with permission from Dr. Loewenstein. Light Sources and Filters, which includes the transmission graphs for each of the filters used in Syntonics
Ophthalmic tinting information:
Our chief optician at Southern College of Optometry (SCO) doubles as an artist. He loves the challenge of getting therapeutic tints just right. To get your CR39 lenses for you or your patient tinted at SCO, contact Dr. Paul Harris at pharris@sco.edu for more information.
Contact Lens tinting information:
Specialty Tint of Akron Ohio is the place to go to get soft contact lenses tinted for your patients.
Access to online therapeutic color testing
Therapeutic Color Indicator website access. This will allow you to perform the testing online.
This video has specific instructions for helping you get the most from the online site TherapeuticColorIndicator.COM where you can run testing for identifying a candidate color for your patient. NOTE: Unless you are working in a dark room with a video display that has been calibrated properly, you may not get the most accurate results.
Conversion information between the 12 most popular Roscolux filters used in patients needing DARK tints and the TCI numbers found from the online testing.