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<onlyinclude>'''Colour suppression''' is the experience of colours becoming darker, less saturated, and less distinguishable from one another.<ref>Color Blindness (AllaboutVision) | https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/colordeficiency.htm</ref><ref>Colour vision deficiency (colour blindness) | https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/colour-vision-deficiency/</ref> During this experience, reds may seem “less red”, greens may seem “less green”, etc and all colours will likely have become much greyer and less distinct to look at than they comparatively would be during everyday sober living. At higher levels, this effect can result in the external environment appearing to be black and white, monochrome, and completely devoid of colour. | <onlyinclude>'''Colour suppression''' is the experience of colours becoming darker, less saturated, and less distinguishable from one another.<ref>Color Blindness (AllaboutVision) | https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/colordeficiency.htm</ref><ref>Colour vision deficiency (colour blindness) | https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/colour-vision-deficiency/</ref> During this experience, reds may seem “less red”, greens may seem “less green”, etc and all colours will likely have become much greyer and less distinct to look at than they comparatively would be during everyday sober living. At higher levels, this effect can result in the external environment appearing to be black and white, monochrome, and completely devoid of colour. | ||
Colour suppression is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[acuity suppression]] and [[double vision]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#heavy|heavy]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[antipsychotic]]<ref>Ocular adverse effects of common psychotropic agents | Colour suppression is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[acuity suppression]] and [[double vision]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#heavy|heavy]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[antipsychotic]]<ref>Richa, S., & Yazbek, J. C. (2010). Ocular adverse effects of common psychotropic agents. CNS drugs, 24(6), 501-526. https://doi.org/10.2165/11533180-000000000-00000</ref> compounds, such as [[quetiapine]], [[haloperidol]], and [[risperidone]].</onlyinclude> | ||
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*[[Responsible use]] | *[[Responsible use]] | ||