# How Good is Your Color perception? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 27, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295 "2019-02-27T15:01:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/41 "2019-02-28T16:09:17Z")
Forty replies and nobody has yet said, [“I don’t see color”?](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-i-hate-the-phrase-i-d_n_9341762) ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/42 "2019-02-28T16:11:17Z")
I took this one to compare with the real-deal test I had for color blindness last summer. I got a 4 on this one, about the equivalent of the pro test. I have some damage to the retinal cones, so apparently I’ve become somewhat color blind. You’d think I’d have noticed that colors seem different now, but they don’t… ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/43 "2019-02-28T17:11:49Z")
9 out of 10. I only thought one of them was at all tricky, all the rest were obvious. However, the one I couldn’t “see” (and guessed wrong), I went back and looked at a second time, and I STILL can’t see what it is I’m meant to see, as I got it wrong AGAIN. That’s the “which two shades of purple are the same?” one - I think it was Question #3? The one that shows a circle with four quadrants. The lower right quadrant is clearly darker (Cartesian Quadrant IV), but the other three looked EXACTLY the same to me. I guessed quadrants I and III the first time (upper right and lower left), and II and III the second time (the two on the left), so I suppose the right answer is I and II (the two on the top). As to “as much a test of your computer monitor as anything else” – that is interesting, I should try it on my iPhone or iPad next. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/44 "2019-02-28T18:10:00Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Try some variant of the [Munsell Hue Test](https://www.colormunki.com/game/huetest_kiosk). The “results” screen is pretty incomprehensible. I have no idea what my results were. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/45 "2019-02-28T18:18:27Z")
5/10, I didn’t see much in the 2nd or 3rd “find the letter among a bunch of dots”, and I thought there wasn’t much color distinction between some of the “ordering color strips” choices. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/46 "2019-02-28T19:01:39Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > AND the angle of your screen AND the ambient light AND… Yeah, I sometimes test color vision. It’s not a matter of IPS vs NT or even buying an “expensive” $500 gaming monitor. We either use a CRT monitor (yes the old ones) that is gamma corrected, or else expensive (~$8000) LCD monitors that are designed for such a purpose. Dark room, in most of these cases with matte black painted walls and/or light leakage blocked. > [@kayaker](#): > > Forty replies and nobody has yet said, [“I don’t see color”?](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-i-hate-the-phrase-i-d_n_9341762) That was one of Stephen Colbert’s (the character played by the guy with the same name) shticks. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/47 "2019-02-28T19:25:36Z")
So what _was_ the answer to that last one with the red dots? I thought it was a 9, but apparently that was wrong. EDIT: Oh, I got it right this time. It’s an S. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/48 "2019-02-28T20:35:49Z")
8/10 first time, 10/10 second I think I missed those 2 on the first time around because I didn’t read the instructions correctly. I kind of cheated on the drag-and-drops. I pulled up one choice at a time and compared it to the colors above and below the empty space. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/49 "2019-02-28T22:41:41Z")
9/10 fist time, screwed up the orange test even on the second go round. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/50 "2019-03-01T15:05:21Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Espaces, my mother has a different “color map” than the rest of the family. It’s not just blue vs green, it’s: > > _as I walk in_ NAVA! What color is the vase? > Uhgscuseme? Which what vase where? > _Pointing at the big vase in the entrance_ The vase! > Oh… tourquoise. > What? > Turquoise. Well, or seagreen if you want. Between green and blue; a man could go either way. > Mom: :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: > Dad: 1.Bro and I said “green”; 2.Bro said “blue”; we all agreed it could actually be called either. SHE says it’s grey. > Me: No WAAAAAY! Well, I did try the test at work, as I was puzzled with my family’s blatant (not to mention obstinate) error. The result : 50-50 blue/green. So, there’s that. It’s still green, though. ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/51 "2019-03-01T15:22:08Z")
I don’t know if anyone else did this for the color strips… I just picked the one I thought was right and held it over the bars above & below to compare before dropping it in place. It makes it easier than trying to figure it out while the colors are in a row across the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/52 "2019-03-01T17:21:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I kind of cheated on the drag-and-drops. I pulled up one choice at a time and compared it to the colors above and below the empty space. > [@little\_bit](#): > > I don’t know if anyone else did this for the color strips… I just picked the one I thought was right and held it over the bars above & below to compare before dropping it in place. It makes it easier than trying to figure it out while the colors are in a row across the bottom. Was that not supposed to be how you did it? ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/53 "2019-03-01T17:25:23Z")
9/10 on the first try using my work laptop. I missed one of the orange strips. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/54 "2019-03-01T18:12:12Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I got 6/10, and I plan to try again when I’m at a better monitor because that thought occurred to me as well. I got 8/10 on a better monitor and after waiting long enough to forget which ones I got wrong and how. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/55 "2019-03-01T18:37:19Z")
> [@little\_bit](#): > > I don’t know if anyone else did this for the color strips… I just picked the one I thought was right and held it over the bars above & below to compare before dropping it in place. It makes it easier than trying to figure it out while the colors are in a row across the bottom. I did that on my 2nd try and improved my score. IMHO that’s the most logical way. You have to get the colors close together for comparison. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/56 "2019-03-01T18:43:14Z")
9/10. I missed one of the two pink quadrants. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/57 "2019-03-01T20:28:35Z")
7/10 first time. ---
**Author:** ![I.Dunno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/58 "2019-03-03T16:41:25Z")
7 out of 10 first (and only time). Got the letters/numbers inside the dots perfect for whatever that’s worth. I’m 67 with floaters and bifocals, surprised I did as well as I did. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/59 "2019-03-03T16:47:41Z")
> [@little\_bit](#): > > I don’t know if anyone else did this for the color strips… I just picked the one I thought was right and held it over the bars above & below to compare before dropping it in place. It makes it easier than trying to figure it out while the colors are in a row across the bottom. I did this. But I was able to pick out the correct color every time. 10/10 ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295/60 "2019-03-03T19:54:37Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > 10/10, but there are seriously small differences between some of those shades. This might be as much a test of your computer monitor as it is of your eyes. Even changing the angle of the monitor seems to change the shades in different ways. At least for me. I had to tilt my older one back quite a bit in order to get what I thought was the truest representation of the shades. Still couldn’t get better than 6 but at least had no problem with the dots. I have a beef with where they positioned the cancel/confirm bar so that it covered up part of the image. Particularly when you’re trying to find the right shade in the purple where you are supposed to select only one shade. It pops up and covers the area you need to see before you can tell if the shade you selected is what you really want. So, you just have to take your chances on whether you’re right or not. Would have given me conniptions if I were taking this seriously. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-is-your-color-perception/830295.md?page=4)