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Just for fun...test your color IQ

17 years ago

I found this on the home decorating forum. I scored 0.

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

Di

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petaloid
17 years ago
Di - The site says 0 is a perfect score, so congratulations! I scored 8, which for my gender and age range is good.
doucanoe
17 years ago
I scored 78 but I'm not sure if that's good or bad. Don't quite understand the scoring....

Linda
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stacy3
17 years ago
I got a 4 - yea!
dedtired
17 years ago
That's fun but the scoring is screwy. I got 695 and I only did one of three tests.
caliloo
17 years ago
Another 8 here......
proudmamato4
17 years ago
That's cool. Although I can't see straight right now. I also got a zero, and I'm 39.
colleenoz
17 years ago
I'm thinking the score is how many chips you got in the wrong place, which would be why 0 is a perfect score. Dedtired, I'm thinking you didn't understand you have to do all 4 strips before hitting "score test", which would be why you have such a high score.
I got an 8 too. Have to work on that :-)
triciae
17 years ago
I scored an 8. What does it mean?

/tricia
triciae
17 years ago
Oh, I get it...duh! Well, since I've got monovision & don't focus as well as I did pre-surgery I'm pretty happy with an 8.

/t
sally2_gw
17 years ago
I got an 8, too. I wonder if that's the most common score.

Dedtired, it scored you that way because you didn't finish. I think you are supposed to do all of the bars.

Sally
Cloud Swift
17 years ago
I got a 12 - it seems to tend score in multiples of 4 at least for the low scores - perhaps one tile swap is a 4.

To some extent it is a test of your monitor's color IQ as much as yours I think.

I think Sally is right about Dedtired's score. It scores all the bars even if you do only one.
wizardnm
17 years ago
I got a **0** the second time I tried it. First time was an **8**

Kinda fun!

Nancy
doucanoe
17 years ago
Man...With a score of 78 I must be colorblind!

Nahhh. I am blaming it on my monitor. Oh and my dial-up connection! Yeah....that's the ticket!

Linda
annie1992
17 years ago
OMG, I opened it up and promptly got a headache, I didn't even try to do it.

Of course, I paint everything white, I hate colors. LOL

Annie
riverrat1
17 years ago
Ack! I agree with Annie. I tried, but I got confused!
diinohio
Original Author
17 years ago
My first test score of 0 must have been a fluke. I took it first thing in the morning before coffee or cleaning my bifocals!

I've taken it 2 more times and gotten high scores. I was kinda suspicious about this test as I've never "aced" any test and all my walls are white! lol
Di
triciae
17 years ago
I just retook the test & scored a "0" this time. It helped to sit back about 3' from the monitor. The colors just sorta placed themselves from that distance...course that could just be I see better from that range?? Does make me feel a bit better though since I got an A+ in Color Theory in art school!

/tricia
beanthere_dunthat
17 years ago
Cool, I got a 4. Considering I had a eye doctor try to tell my parents I was probably color blind when I was a pre-schooler, I feel vindicated. LOL!
scotland1
17 years ago
Taking a test like this online is kind of silly. It's supposed to test how your eyes see color, but every monitor displays colors differently. The light in the room and time of day also affects this (sunlight, warm or cool light bulbs, etc.). The viewing angle also changes how the colors appear. Tests like this have to be done from pre-printed samples under special "neutral" lights. Like the paint sample cards at the paint store can't tell you what the color will look like on your particular walls. None of you are crazy.

I scored a zero, but might not if I took the test at a different time of day.

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