Sight LOSS

[Mamary]

Which colour of dinner plate would be the best to use for a person with limited sight, white isn't good have heard that colour is good but which one.
Thanks

[Count-A-Strong]

White would be great if used against a dark background. Contrast helps people with limited sight better than anything. P

[york310]

Probably depends on the food you are serving to create good contrast. Rice on a white plate may be the obvious difficulty but surely white surfaces give good contrast for plenty of common foodstuff and poor contrast for others. I cannot think which other colours would be consistently better.

[york310]

And as above depending on the table colour.

[SmileySammy13]

I agree with the above answers...contrast is very helpful so would depend on foods being served. Despite my age -I have a cataract in one eye in which everything looks white & cloudy. Thus, looking at something against a white background is useless -it disappears! Also, if there is too much/not enough lighting I can't see items too well either. Bright light reflecting off surfaces reduces vision, so maybe have a matt surface/tablecloth also. I suppose also it depends on the medical condition which caused the reduction in vision, as with some conditions vision is dark/black, not white like mine! Thus, try different colours with the individual. Hope it helps. x

[Buenchico]

As has been stated, it's contrast (rather than specific colours) which are important. If you're serving chicken in a white wine sauce, accompanied by vegetables, then serving on black plates (but on a white table cloth) would seem to be a good idea. Indeed black (or another 'non-food' colour, such as bright red or bright blue) might be a good choice for serving most foods on.

Although it doesn't directly address you problem, you might find some useful information by working through the links at the top left of this page:
http://www.rnib.org.u...Pages/sight_loss.aspx

Chris

[Caran]

As an offshoot on this, a friend of mine whose husband had limited sight was eating fish and chips on a clear pyrex plate on his lap. He managed quite well until near the end when he asked his wife for help, saying "Can you help me get this last bl88dy chip, I cannot get it". She looked and said you have eaten them all, thats your finger under the plate you are trying to stab with your fork!!

[Dee Sa]

my husband has lost his sight, he likes a pyrex pie plate because it has sides and the food doesnt fall off onto the table,any large coloured dish with sides is helpful, best is to take the person with you to the shop if you can and hold up various dinner plates and they can tell you which is better, people with bad sight can usually see orange colour, try and go on a weekday when the store isnt crowded and they can take their time, do a reccy trip first so you choose a store with plenty of plates to choose from.

[Mamyalynne]

I agree with the above comments, I am partially sighted though at the moment crockery is not a problem for me. My downfall is glass and not seeing it there, I was advised to get coloured drinking glasses and that has helped.
Still regularly bash my hands on those shop shelves with a perspex lip at the front, try to go straight through it LOL