# 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:** 8
**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 18, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/141 "2008-09-18T04:54:40Z")
> [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](#): > > # Your score: 8 > > # Gender: Male > > # Age range: 30-39 > > I also took it on a tiny 11" laptop touch screen. I’ll have to try it again on a 24-inch screen soon. So I took it again on a 24" Dell LCD… and got a perfect score: “You have perfect color vision!”. I feel much better now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/142 "2008-09-20T23:54:21Z")
Evidently, the rumors that I am partially colorblind are indeed true. # Your score: 198 # Gender: Female # Age range: 40-49 You have no idea what it is like living your whole life not knowing that you are colorblind. BTW, my husband is colorblind and has been asking me what color things are for the last 15 years, obviously, I don’t have a stinkin’ clue. And people wonder why I don’t stress colors when working with my daughter who is 3. She has a 100% chance of having some form of colorblindness, since I was her only hope for a good gene, and I don’t have one to give. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/143 "2008-09-21T00:08:13Z")
> [@Litoris](#): > > Me? I scored a 7 – which I thought was probably pretty bad, but apparently, 0 is perfect and the highest anyone in my demographic (female, aged 30-39) scored was like 1406? Guess this explains why other people give me that funny look around here when I comment that two shades of green are “completely off” and why they all message me to ask what tissue to recommend with certain things. Heh. > > [http://www.xrite.com/custom\_page.aspx?PageID=77](http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77) I got a four, female, 40-49 range. I’m pleased, since I do not consider that I have a good eye for these things. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/144 "2008-09-21T00:23:04Z")
Your score: 0 Gender: Male Age range: 50-59 (age 50) Best score for your gender and age range: 0 Highest score for your gender and age range: 1429 If your browser supports it use the page magnifier. It’s a help. ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/145 "2008-09-21T02:40:47Z")
- Your score: 0 - 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 don’t know if my night vision is any worse than my day vision. I’ve worn glasses for nearly 30 years and nearly walk into walls without them. At least I can see colors in the blurriness around me! ---
**Author:** ![Rosie\_is\_Tired](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rosie\_is\_Tired](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosie_is_Tired)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/146 "2008-09-21T03:45:00Z")
…I…I got…I got a 52. …I mean, I knit, I quilt, I love color! Have I been making crap? I’m going to blame it on the 11 inch laptop, though. _sniff_ 18 and female, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/147 "2008-09-21T03:46:07Z")
I thought I did pretty good. Nope. Your score: 319 Gender: Female Age range: 40-49 Best score for your gender and age range: 0 Highest score for your gender and age range: 1421 319??? Dang! ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/148 "2008-09-21T03:56:10Z")
- Your score: 55 - Gender: Male - Age range: 30-39 - Best score for your gender and age range: 0 - Highest score for your gender and age range: 1464 I learned early on in film school that Director of Photography was not where I was going to end up. This score wasn’t a huge surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/149 "2008-09-21T05:28:03Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > I think the monitor has got a lot to do with it. Agreed > [@](#): > > I’d be interested in the change in people’s scores if they swap from a laptop to a well set up desk monitor. I didn’t switch from a laptop, but earlier today on the mediocre monitor at work I got a 19. Just now, on my substantially better ( though not superb ) monitor I got a 4. Your score: 4 Gender: Male Age range: 40-49 Best score for your gender and age range: 0 Highest score for your gender and age range: 1462 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/150 "2008-09-21T05:59:14Z")
I got a 63. Either the folks posting to this (and the other newer) thread are self-selecting folk who post mostly if they do quite well (and more often slink off without posting if they do less well) or I’m a lot lousier at distinguishing hues than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Azhure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@Azhure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azhure)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/151 "2008-09-21T06:16:01Z")
- Your score: 3 - Gender: Female - Age range: 20-29 - Best score for your gender and age range: 0 - Highest score for your gender and age range: 1410 Better than I thought I’d do! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/152 "2008-09-21T15:10:48Z")
I was surprised to get a 0. 35 year old female. ---
**Author:** ![Rosie\_is\_Tired](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rosie\_is\_Tired](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosie_is_Tired)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/153 "2008-09-21T23:10:12Z")
Okay, the monitor really does help- my score went from a 52 to an 11 on my boyfriends Mac. I’m still slightly sad about my eye for color, though I guess it explains why I’m more fond of fairly odd, bright color combinations. There are times I really have to resist red pants. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/154 "2008-10-15T01:27:20Z")
Your score: 0 Gender: Male Age range: 40-49 Best score for your gender and age range: 0 Highest score for your gender and age range: 1462 After arranging them all quickly I had to swap a square here and there a few times and the difference was glaring. I’m the guy who looks at the street lights and comments on how they are not all the same shade of turquoise. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/155 "2008-10-15T01:50:19Z")
I got a 12. > [@Litoris](#): > > But, does all Kool-aid and candy taste the same to you? A good friend of mine (truly colour blind) says he has never noticed a difference in kool-aid flavours. It’s actually become a running joke in my circles “all kool-aid tastes the same if you’re colour blind” is just another way of saying “doesn’t matter, you pick.” Hooo boy, I found this out the hard way. One time when we were kids, my brother told me to make some Kool-Aid. I asked what flavor and he said cherry. I said I wanted grape. He said make cherry or I’ll kick your ass. Being a practical joker, but also very concerned for my well-being, I made cherry. But I dropped a few drops of blue food-coloring in it to turn it purple. I brought him a glass and he said this is grape, I am going to kick your ass. I pleaded, no, it’s cherry! Taste it! He tasted it. Then he said it was grape. Then he kicked my ass. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/156 "2008-10-15T02:33:41Z")
Female 20-29. I got a 4. I think my retinas now have permanent burn-in from staring at the color shades. Dell LCD. I’ve always considered myself to have a good eye for color even though I was never an art major. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/157 "2008-10-15T03:39:39Z")
Figures, the one time I get a perfect score on one of these online quiz things, damn near everyone else ties too. ``` * Your score: 0 * Gender: Male * Age range: 20-29 * Best score for your gender and age range: 0 * Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520 ``` And I consider myself quite art-challenged. I guess I should start pimping myself out to friends when they repaint their houses. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/158 "2008-10-15T03:50:00Z")
- Your score: 8 - Gender: Male - Age range: 30-39 - Best score for your gender and age range: 0 - Highest score for your gender and age range: 1468 I seem weak in the blue-green and blue-violet ranges. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/159 "2008-10-15T04:09:21Z")
Cool test and I scored a “0”! But it’s in my line of work, so that’s a good thing! ``` * Your score: 0 * Gender: Female * Age range: 40-49 * Best score for your gender and age range: 0 * Highest score for your gender and age range: 1421 ``` ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970/160 "2008-10-15T06:00:40Z")
Your score: **3** Gender: Male Age range: 30-39 Best score for your gender and age range: 0 Highest score for your gender and age range: 1468 I kinda figured my greens were so very slightly diminished over the last few years, and that’s where my deficit was. Still… pretty good anyway. Fun test. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-an-eye-for-colour-do-you-have/462970.md?page=9)