Color IQ (?) test

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The call it a color IQ, I guess it would be more accurate to call it a color perception accuracy test.

I got a 12, at the high end of the scale but by no means close to perfect.

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Warning: The site is run by X-Rite and by clicking on other links you run the risk of learning more about color management than you ever wanted to know. If you're a perfectionist type you'll probably buy something from them. Just so you know.
 
I saw this before somewhere, maybe even here, but it's kind of fun. so I took it again. I got a 3 and didn't agonize over any of them. Just shuffled tiles until it looked right, scanned the row to make sure, and then moved on to the next row.
 
As a colour blind person I am offended by their blatant disregard for the feelings of the differently colourly abled.

Is there someone I can complain to or some form of federal funding I can receive :confused:

: o )
 
Cool. I got an 11 (lower is better) on a very cheap laptop screen (a bare-bones 15" E-machines laptop I got for $380 ~ 2 years ago). Good enough for my casual use, I'd think.

A group of 4 to the left and a group of 3 and 4 near the middle of their final hue results chart.

-ERD50
 
You have perfect color vision! .... is the response I received.

omni
 
That was fun. I scored an 8.

Sent it to DD who does graphic design and our favorite house painter who is a whiz with colors. Expect both of them to do better.
 
Walt34 said:
The call it a color IQ, I guess it would be more accurate to call it a color perception accuracy test.

I got a 12, at the high end of the scale but by no means close to perfect.

X-Rite: Get exactly the color you need, every time, anywhere in the world.

Warning: The site is run by X-Rite and by clicking on other links you run the risk of learning more about color management than you ever wanted to know. If you're a perfectionist type you'll probably buy something from them. Just so you know.
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Gee!!! That's a great score, since lower scores are better.

I thought I had done really well, but I got an 87. :blush: I have a nice, new Dell laptop, too, with an upgraded graphics card so I'm sure the monitor is great. It's just my crummy vision.
 
W2R said:
Gee!!! That's a great score, since lower scores are better.

I thought I had done really well, but I got an 87. :blush: I have a nice, new Dell laptop, too, with an upgraded graphics card so I'm sure the monitor is great. It's just my crummy vision.
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You better stay indoors and don't drive.:rolleyes:
 
73ss454 said:
You better stay indoors and don't drive.:rolleyes:
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:ROFLMAO: Maybe I should try the test again! I can't imagine why my score was so bad. I thought I had done it perfectly.

I'm not sure what the color square on the second row, just below the left hand end of each color series, is for. I didn't do anything with that one.
 
I need a seeing eye, color vision dog! I'm color blind, in shades of a lot of different colors. For example, the red aspect of purple I see duller than most, so that makes it easy to mistake a purple for blue if it isn't a really strong purple. Anyway, "that's my story and I'm sticking with it" as my excuse for a color test score of 206! ..yikes! :eek:
 
I scored a 4. Low color discrimination in the blue/green area.
 
W2R said:
Gee!!! That's a great score, since lower scores are better.

I thought I had done really well, but I got an 87. :blush: I have a nice, new Dell laptop, too, with an upgraded graphics card so I'm sure the monitor is great. It's just my crummy vision.
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W2R said:
:ROFLMAO: Maybe I should try the test again! I can't imagine why my score was so bad. I thought I had done it perfectly.

I'm not sure what the color square on the second row, just below the left hand end of each color series, is for. I didn't do anything with that one.
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Aha!!! I tried it again, and this time I got a 12. MUCH better. Whew! I was beginning to wonder if I had a color disability. This time I did not ignore the color square in the second row, so maybe that helps. Guess I can drive today after all (joking). ;)

The distribution of my errors is very comforting, as well. There were 12 wrong, and all 12 were just barely wrong, across the blues.
 
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Wonder what it says about me that I didn't have the patience to finish it. Got about 1/2 done and got bored.
 
My score was 47. Based on my age and gender the scores ranged from 0 to 1520. My crummy laptop may be part of it. The 47 seems to be right in the middle between perfect color acuity (0) and low color acuity (99). I thought it was rather boring to drag the color squares back and forth, probably wouldn't do this again.
 
FIREd said:
I scored a 4. Low color discrimination in the blue/green area.
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Exact same for me...I was 1 off on four of the green/blue middle ones all in a row. I'm sure if I had spent an extra 5 minutes flipping each adjacent box side by side I may have gotten it.

That test gave me a headache

Also one thing to note is that the monitor you're using plays a huge role in how well you do on this test. Older monitors, or ones with duller colors from use will be a lot harder for this. Newer ones with brighter colors (like a new iPad) would make this test a lot easier on an individual.
 
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DH (retired graphic artist) just took it on his hotsy totsy big screen iMac and scored a 14 vs. my 4 on my rinky dinky netbook. He missed the middle hues. He's going to take it again, and again, and again until he beats my score.
 
W2R said:
Aha!!! I tried it again, and this time I got a 12. MUCH better. Whew! I was beginning to wonder if I had a color disability. This time I did not ignore the color square in the second row, so maybe that helps. Guess I can drive today after all (joking). ;)

The distribution of my errors is very comforting, as well. There were 12 wrong, and all 12 were just barely wrong, across the blues.
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OK, you can leave the house and drive now.:rolleyes:
 
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