# How good of an eye for colour do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970 "2008-09-10T18:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/121 "2008-09-12T14:15:56Z")
Your score: 8 Gender: Female Age range: 40-49 Best score for your gender and age range: 0 Highest score for your gender and age range: 1409 I’m not sure my monitor didn’t impact my ability to tell some hues apart. ---
**Author:** ![Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dilton_Doiley_Philosopher_King)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/122 "2008-09-12T14:29:26Z")
# Your score: 8 # Gender: Male # Age range: 30-39 I had trouble with the blue/greens. I guess I’ve always had trouble with colors like aquamarine and sea-foam green. Damn you cyan!! I also took it on a tiny 11" laptop touch screen. I’ll have to try it again on a 24-inch screen soon. ETA: I didn’t read all the posts in this thread, but I wonder if there’s a test where you arrange physical colored blocks by hue (ie, testing printed vs displayed colors) ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/123 "2008-09-12T15:17:15Z")
- Your score: 8 - Gender: Female - Age range: 30-39 - Best score for your gender and age range: 0 - Highest score for your gender and age range: 1476 According to the results chart, all my errors were in the “is it blue-green or is it green-blue”? range. JRB ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/124 "2008-09-12T15:23:09Z")
Score: 8 Gender: Male Age: 42 ---
**Author:** ![chocolatefrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chocolatefrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chocolatefrog)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/125 "2008-09-12T18:02:47Z")
I scored a 16, then a 3 on second try. Female, age 20. My eyes are watering now… ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/126 "2008-09-12T18:38:29Z")
I got 8. Female, 26. Reasonably happy. ---
**Author:** ![lynxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@lynxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynxie)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/127 "2008-09-12T23:49:42Z")
> [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](#): > > ETA: I didn’t read all the posts in this thread, but I wonder if there’s a test where you arrange physical colored blocks by hue (ie, testing printed vs displayed colors) Yes there is. The one I took 30 years ago was actually painted circles, each held in a plastic ring, placed in a long wooden box. It was fun then, too - although a tad harder than click and drag, of course. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/128 "2008-09-13T00:18:49Z")
I scored a 3; 45 male. Is that good? ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/129 "2008-09-16T01:57:01Z")
Scored a 7; male, 30s. There were a couple of areas where I could tell the colors were a bit off, but didn’t want to screw around with it any more than I had. My wife scored a 15, which kind of annoyed her. We both had small clusters of errors in all three areas. ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/130 "2008-09-16T02:17:19Z")
Male 42. Score 138. I also have some colorblindness so I guess thats not too bad. I did get bored with it though so maybe could have done better. ---
**Author:** ![Obsidian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/51bf81/32.png) [@Obsidian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obsidian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/131 "2008-09-16T03:11:15Z")
I got a 0 on my laptop by the light of a bedside lamp. I’m 29. I found it very quick and easy-- each chip was noticeably distinct. I also knew I had exceptional color vision-- my father has it too, and he’s certified to grade diamonds. I actually notice many items of cheap jewelry have slightly mismatched stones. When I painted our bedroom, I put four swatches on the wall and my husband swore three were all the same color. I have my monitors at work very finely calibrated so they match, and usually custom calibrate all computers & monitors I work with, because I find most screens have just the slightest of tints that really annoys me. It can be a pain sometimes, because from lipstick to clothing to the paper for my wedding invitations, a can never find exactly the color I’m picturing. Other 0’s. . . do you have bad night vision? My Dad and I both have sub-par night vision. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/132 "2008-09-16T03:56:43Z")
> [@Obsidian](#): > > Other 0’s. . . do you have bad night vision? My Dad and I both have sub-par night vision. Night vision’s fine. Distance … not so much and astigmatic with it. Starting to lose my near vision too, yay - middle age! ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/133 "2008-09-16T13:02:40Z")
Yay, I have perfect color vision. Quite exciting 🙂 Female, 26. And my night vision is okay, but if I’ve been sleeping and wake up, everything is blurry for a few minutes. Otherwise, I don’t have any issues. ---
**Author:** ![shorin-ryu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shorin-ryu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shorin-ryu)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/134 "2008-09-16T15:45:48Z")
To my surprise: Your score: 68 Gender: Female Age range: 40-49 Best score for your gender and age range: 0 Highest score for your gender and age range: 1409 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/135 "2008-09-16T16:19:44Z")
::sigh:: Male, age 24, score: 107. I always suspected I had color difficulties. The dark-brown to green and the light-blue to light-pink gave me the most difficulty. I could separate colors by groups of three but within those trios I had no idea a lot of the time. Oh well. I don’t know why this has me so bummed out, but it does :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/136 "2008-09-16T16:58:54Z")
I got a 4, too (male, 20-29); I’m kinda surprised, I wouldn’t have thought that I had good colour vision at all. And all my mistakes were in the last row, so it might just mean that I have perfect colour vision, but a short attention span! ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/137 "2008-09-16T17:10:21Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > I got a zero. > It all looked very, very obvious to me. Could it be my computer’s color resolution? I received a 0 too and it also looked pretty obvious to me. The ones that were off looked way off. ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/138 "2008-09-16T17:12:25Z")
> [@Obsidian](#): > > Other 0’s. . . do you have bad night vision? My Dad and I both have sub-par night vision. My night vision is very bad. I will not drive unless I really need to. I wonder if there is a connection as well? ---
**Author:** ![beanpod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/139 "2008-09-16T17:52:06Z")
Woo hoo! Zero. Looks like I get to keep my job. (graphic designer) Female, 25. My night vision is ok, but it’s a little fuzzy when my eyes are tired. I’m also near sighted and I need new glasses, so I kept leaning close to the screen and comparing the view from over the top of my glasses to the view through the lenses. I’ve noticed I do that when I’m working now, too. Sigh. Stupid eyes. ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/140 "2008-09-16T17:58:07Z")
> [@Obsidian](#): > > Other 0’s. . . do you have bad night vision? My Dad and I both have sub-par night vision. I got a 0. My night vision isn’t great, and seems to get worse each year. And driving in the rain at night…Forget it! I am 43. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970.md?page=8)