How well do you see colour?

Tess (Tassie D) · September 14, 2011, 09:19:06 PM

I found this interesting test to see how good we see colour or how well it appears on our monitors lol.
I didn't realise 1 in 12 men have colour problems. I knew more men than women did but not that many. My hubby would maybe get the first one on each line and the rest would all look the same.

http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77&Lang=en

Pat · September 14, 2011, 09:38:12 PM

Thanks Tess! It's fun and interesting. My score was a 7

Mike S. · September 14, 2011, 09:44:20 PM

I am not so sure I am thanking you Tess,

I am a hopeless man. Score 32

Mike

Mike S. · September 14, 2011, 10:00:05 PM

OK Tess, maybe a thank you,

I want a second chance. I turned the monitor up so I could see it and got a 12.

Mike

Tess (Tassie D) · September 14, 2011, 10:07:05 PM

lol Mike 12 is what I got, never thought of turning the brightness up to see it better. It is a pretty good number though and some of those shades are so close.

It also depends on how well our monitors show it too. I'd be interested in the difference on a CRT. Might have to drag the old one out of the cupboard and try on that.

schen · September 14, 2011, 10:45:51 PM

I got 11. Must be my monitor's problem. My eyes are perfect. ;D

PhotoBob · September 15, 2011, 10:09:38 AM

I scored 17. Either my monitor isn't warmed up yet or I haven't had enough coffee, or the test is wrong! As far as I could tell, all the squares were in the right place! :mad:

PhotoBob

kiska · September 15, 2011, 11:13:47 AM

3....second try after brightening monitor.

Candice · September 15, 2011, 12:23:06 PM

My score was 37 :)

TerryB · September 15, 2011, 06:12:17 PM

15 here
And a CRT monitor about to get replaced.
Looking forward to trying it on the new monitor.

Tess (Tassie D) · September 15, 2011, 08:42:17 PM

Like Kiska I had a second go at it and took my time this time. Got down to 4, just a little weak in the greens.

Poor hubby was sat down in front of it last night and told to move them around according to their colour.
He could only pick out 4 in the whole lot that looked different but couldn't say what colour they were. I can't imagine how hard it is for colour blind people when we rely on them so much.
He is good with primary colours but if you have a beautiful lavender flower on a shrub, he can't see the difference.

Tori803 · September 16, 2011, 08:42:57 AM

Turning up the brightness on the monitor is the key. Before I did that I thought I was blind. Now it's down to 11.

Good reminder Tess that what we think we see may not be what we're seeing!

Tori