THE FARNSWORTH-MUNSELL-100 HUE TEST IN ZA IRE

The purpose of this work was to establish in this first report the age standards of the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 hue in Zaire. The Farnsworth- Munsell 100 Hue test was performed in 132 normal subjects. All subject s were Zairian blacks aged from 20 to 49 years. The test was administe red binocularly, once, to each subject. Subjects were divided in three age groups. The first age group had 35 subjects aged between 20 and 2 9 years, the second group had 48 subjects aged between 30 and 39 years and the third 49 subjects aged between 40-49 years. The total error s cores were 7.06 +/- 2.10 for the first age group, 9.03 +/- 1.80 for th e second age group and 9.80 +/- 2 for the third age group. These resul ts were aged related (r = 0.42, p inferior to 0.05). Scores of Zairian subjects in this study were higher when compared to those reported in Europe and U.S.A. Interpretation of results of the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 hue test must take in account this difference in ethnic origin.