How good of an eye for colour do you have?

[Dilton_Doiley_Philosopher_King]

@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.

[Auntbeast]

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.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

@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.

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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.

[astro]

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.

[MaddyStrut]

• 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!

[Rosie_is_Tired]

…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.

[Ann_Onimous]

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!

[drm]

• 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.

[Tamerlane]

@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

[AHunter3]

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.

[Azhure]

• 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!

[Susie_Derkins]

I was surprised to get a 0. 35 year old female.

[Rosie_is_Tired]

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.

[Corner_Case]

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.

[Cisco]

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.

[lizardling]

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.

[bouv]

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.

[Sublight]

• 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.

[Salem]

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

[cmyk]

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.