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" Test your color IQ "
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:50 pm
by pickle
Saw this test & thought this community would be interested.
Basically it's a test to determine how well you can differentiate between hues. A lower number is better.
My score was 12, the best in my age & gender group (Male, 20-29) is 0, the worst is 1520.
http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:46 pm
by Chalks
48 for me (also Male, 20-29).
Interesting test.
My eyes hurt now.
Edit: in a really quick try (about 1 minute), got a score of 285. I was trying to see how high I could get. Anyone care to beat me?

edit: heh, I restarted the test and immediately hit "submit results" and got 990... I guess having it in reverse order isn't going to get you a high score.
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:11 am
by s.dot
* 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
Wow, and here I thought my eyesight was going bad!

Well, at least I can make out the colors.
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:45 am
by onion2k
- Your score: 14
- Gender: Male
- Age range: 30-39
- Best score for your gender and age range: 0
- Highest score for your gender and age range: 1468
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:09 am
by alex.barylski
I got 7...
Looking at the chart now after giving my eyes a few seconds to relax I can spot my errors in the last two rows anyways.

Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:23 am
by onion2k
I reckon I'd have scored better on a CRT monitor rather than my laptop.
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:31 am
by Jenk
That's actually made me dizzy :/
Scored 5. 20-29.
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:42 am
by alex.barylski
It's weird but I swear LCD's are less sharp of an image that CRT. My desktop monitor is horrible at displaying light colors like fine grey
#eaeaea or #aeaeae is barely visible on my desktop monitor and clear as day on my much smaller LCD laptop monitor.
Is everyone seeing the same colors or are they randomized each time?
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:35 pm
by andyhoneycutt
Very cool test. I might need to recalibrate my displays.
Based on your information, below is how your score compares to those of others with similar demographic information.
- Your score: 12
- Gender: Male
- Age range: 20-29
- Best score for your gender and age range: 0
- Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:47 pm
by Luke
Dude! I'm a badass!
* 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
EDIT: I was really surprised by this. My eyesight is seriously bad. Like... SERIOUSLY bad. I guess colors are different then.
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:34 pm
by onion2k
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:EDIT: I was really surprised by this. My eyesight is seriously bad. Like... SERIOUSLY bad. I guess colors are different then.
Poor eyesight is usually caused be a problem with the lens not focussing the image properly on the retina. Color is down to the retina itself ... nothing to do with the lens.
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:39 pm
by pickle
PCSpectra wrote:It's weird but I swear LCD's are less sharp of an image that CRT. My desktop monitor is horrible at displaying light colors like fine grey
#eaeaea or #aeaeae is barely visible on my desktop monitor and clear as day on my much smaller LCD laptop monitor.
Is everyone seeing the same colors or are they randomized each time?
They're randomized. If you reload the test a bunch of times & each time just hit submit, you'll get a different bad score.
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:46 pm
by JellyFish
- Your score: 0
- Gender: Male
- Age range: 16-19
- Best score for your gender and age range: 0
- Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520
Woot! I wasn't expecting that, elowel.
Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:35 pm
by alex.barylski
^^^
pffft...youngin' you haven't spent near as much time starring at screens (including those raditiation unfriendly ones) as some of us elders.

Re: " Test your color IQ "
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:51 am
by taylor28
* Your score: 17
* Gender: Male
* Age range: 16-19
* Best score for your gender and age range: 0
* Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520
Too bad I'm not contented with my score.
