Clouded vision, sensitivity to light, difficulty in distinguishing colors, a painless, gradual loss of vision, difficulty in reading, patched or double vision, fading and yellowing of colors, the need of more light, shortsightedness which occurs later, a significant reduction in vision that occurs in later stages of the disease and whitening of the pupils. Cataract worsens over time if it is not treated. In such cases, the patient sees light and direction of light but is unable to see objects.